California Wash: Blancan, Arizona

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Cuvieronius sp. Osborn 1923
    = Cuvieronius sp. Osborn 1923
Alroy 2002
"C. bensonensis" of Mezzabotta 1997
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptotherium arizonae Gidley 1926
Mezzabotta 1997
synonym of Glyptotherium texanum
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Prodipodomys idahoensis Hibbard 1962
Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839
    = Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys persimilis Hay 1927
    = Nerterogeomys persimilis Hay 1927
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus bensoni (Gidley 1922)
recombined as Citellus (Otospermophilus) bensoni
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Baiomys brachygnathus (Gidley 1922)
Mezzabotta 1997
original and current combination Peromyscus brachygnathus
Mictomys vetus (Wilson 1933)
Mezzabotta 1997
"Synaptomys (Metaxyomys) sp."
Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922
confirmed by Mezzabotta 1997
Sigmodon curtisi Gidley 1922
Ondatra idahoensis Wilson 1933
Onychomys pedroensis Gidley 1922
Mezzabotta 1997
"Calomys (Bensonomys) arizonae"
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Sorex taylori Hibbard 1937
Mezzabotta 1997
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Arizona County:Cochise
Coordinates: 32.0° North, 110.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.1° North, 109.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene
Key time interval:Blancan
Age range of interval:4.70000 - 1.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:St. David
Local section:SPedr Local bed:9
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:within chron C2r.2r
"Geomys minor" is omitted by Mezzabotta 1997
Metadata
Also known as:UALP 4710
Database number:19646
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2040. N. M. Johnson, N. D. Opdyke, and E. H. Lindsay. 1975. Magnetic Polarity Stratigraphy of Pliocene-Pleistocene Terrestrial Deposits and Vertebrate Faunas, San Pedro Valley, Arizona. Geological Society America Bulletin 86(1):5-12 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
2583 C. Mezzabotta. 1997. Cricetid and arvicolid rodents of the California wash local fauna, late Blancan of the san Pedro Valley, Arizona. Palaeovertebrata 26(1-4):189-218 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]