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