Papago Springs Cave (Section 1 Unit 5): Irvingtonian, Arizona

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sceloporinae indet.
"medium"
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817
"Peromyscus/Reithrodontomys"
Neotoma cf. mexicana Baird 1855
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus variegatus (Erxleben 1777)
recombined as Otospermophilus variegatus
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839
"T. umbrinus/bottae"
Mammalia - Soricidae
Notiosorex crawfordi (Coues 1877)
Reptilia - Viperidae
Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811
Natricinae indet. Bonaparte 1838
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Ambystoma cf. tigrinum (Green 1825)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
Pelobatidae indet. Lataste 1879
"Scaphiopus/Spea"
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae
Hylidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
"Hyla/Pseudacris"
cf. Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768
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:1.40000 - 0.21000 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:20446
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]