Curtis Floss: Blancan, Arizona
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys persimilis
Hay 1927
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= Nerterogeomys persimilis
Hay 1927
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Johnson et al. 1975 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Sigmodon minor
Gidley 1922
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Johnson et al. 1975 | |||||||||
Sigmodon curtisi
Gidley 1922
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Johnson et al. 1975 | |||||||||
Peromyscus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Calomys arizonae
Gidley 1922
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= Bensonomys arizonae
Gidley 1922
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Johnson et al. 1975 | |||||||||
recombined as Calomys (Bensonomys) arizonae | ||||||||||
Onychomys pedroensis
Gidley 1922
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Johnson et al. 1975 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Sylvilagus sp.
Gray 1867
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Galusha et al. 1984 | |||||||||
presumably includes "L. nr. californicus" of Downey 1970 | ||||||||||
Aluralagus virginiae n. sp.
Downey 1970
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Downey 1970 | |||||||||
see also White 1991a | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpidae indet.
(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus sp.
Leconte 1848
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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Tanupolama sp.
Stock 1928
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= Hemiauchenia sp.
Gervais and Ameghino 1880
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Capromeryx gidleyi
Frick 1937
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Johnson et al. 1975 | |||||||||
presumably includes type of Frick 1937 from "Curtis Flats, Benson" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Spilogale pedroensis
Gazin 1942
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= Spilogale putorius
Linnaeus 1758
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Johnson et al. 1975 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis edwardii
Gazin 1942
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confirmed by Nowak 1979, although Johnson et al. 1975 list "C. priscolatrans" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Stegomastodon sp.
Pohlig 1912
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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 |
Time
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Quaternary | *Epoch: | Pleistocene | *Local age/stage: | Irvingtonian |
Key time interval: | Blancan | ||
Age range of interval: | 4.90000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:species-level i.d.s inferred from "Gidley Level" list of Johnson et al. 1975 "Curtis Ranch" herpetofauna described by Brattstrom 1955: Ambystoma tigrinum, Coluber constrictor, Lampropeltis intermedius n. sp., Natrix sp., Thamnophis sp., Crotalus lepidus, Testudo sp. (not seen and probably Gopherus sp.) |
Metadata
Also known as: | UA locality 25-2; "Gidley Level" in part; Curtis Ranch in part | ||
Database number: | 20303 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2008-03-01 17:20:20 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2252. | E. H. Lindsay and N. T. Tessman. 1974. Cenozoic Vertebrate Localities and Faunas in Arizona. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Sciences 9(1):3-24 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
4266 | J. S. Downey. 1970. Middle Pleistocene Leporidae from the San Pedro valley, Arizona. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 700(B):131-136 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1584 | T. Galusha, N. M. Johnson, E. H. Lindsay, N. D. Opdyke, and R. H. Tedford. 1984. Biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy, late Pliocene rocks, 111 Ranch, Arizona. Geological Society America Bulletin 95(6):714-722 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
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] |