Papago Springs Cave (Section 1 Unit 4): Irvingtonian, Arizona

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Meleagris cf. crassipes Miller 1940
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis thysanodes Miller 1897
a bat
Mammalia - Soricidae
Notiosorex crawfordi (Coues 1877)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus cf. aberti Woodhouse 1853
(4 measurements)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839
"T. umbrinus/bottae"
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817
"Peromyscus/Reithrodontomys"
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825
Neotoma cf. mexicana Baird 1855
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Arizona County:Santa Cruz
Coordinates: 31.7° North, 110.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.8° North, 110.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Irvingtonian
Age range of interval:1.80000 - 0.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
Database number:20445
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2000-05-19 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:2000-05-19 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

1298.ETE 1518N. J. Czaplewski, J. I. Mead, C. J. Bell, W. D. Peachey, and T.-L. Ku. 1999. Papago Springs Cave revisited, part II: vertebrate paleofauna. Occasional Papers of the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History 5:1-41 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]