El Golfo de Santa Clara ( of Mexico)

Where: Sonora, Mexico (31.7° N, 114.5° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 113.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

• said to be Blancan

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. H. Lindsay. 1984. Late Cenozoic Mammals from Northwestern Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4(2):208-215 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 20322: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• some indication this could be a mixed fauna
"more than 900 mapped vertebrate fossil localities": Croxen and Sussman 2000
31*40'N 114*30'W: Shaw and McDonald 1987
said to be Blancan by Kurten and Werdelin 1988, but Irvingtonian by Lindsay and by Shaw and McDonald 1987
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unclassified
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Hydrocoeridae neochoerus
Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon sp.2
Paramylodon sp.2 Brown 1903 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae
"Nothrotheriops texanus" = Nothrotherium texanum4
"Nothrotheriops texanus" = Nothrotherium texanum4 Hay 1916 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx wheatleyi
Megalonyx wheatleyi Cope 1871 edentate
 Xenarthra - Myrmecophagidae
Myrmecophaga tridactyla5
Myrmecophaga tridactyla5 Linnaeus 1758 giant anteater
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Mammuthus imperator" = Mammuthus columbi
"Mammuthus imperator" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 imperial mammoth
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Cuvieronius sp.
Cuvieronius sp. Osborn 1923 gomphothere
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodon curtisi5, Neotoma sp., Hodomys sp.
Sigmodon curtisi5 Gidley 1922 cotton rat
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
"N. (Neotoma) sp."
Hodomys sp. Merriam 1894 rodent
"Neotoma (Hodomys) sp."
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Neochoerus sp.1
Neochoerus sp.1 Hay 1926 caviomorph
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor cf. californicus
Castor cf. californicus Kellogg 1911 beaver
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp.2
Lepus sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 hare
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lepophagus6, Canis edwardii6
Canis lepophagus6 Johnston 1938 canine
Canis edwardii6 Gazin 1942 canine
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon sp.2
Procyon sp.2 Storr 1780 raccoon
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Taxidea sp.
Taxidea sp. Waterhouse 1839 badger
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Tremarctos cf. floridanus
Tremarctos cf. floridanus Gidley 1928 Florida cave bear
 Carnivora - Felidae
cf. Homotherium sp., Panthera cf. onca1, Lynx sp.1
cf. Homotherium sp. Fabrini 1890 cat
Panthera cf. onca1 Linnaeus 1758 jaguar
Lynx sp.1 Kerr 1792 lynx
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Chasmaporthetes ossifragus3
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp.
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Stockoceros sp.1, Tetrameryx sp.2
Stockoceros sp.1 Skinner 1942 pronghorn
Tetrameryx sp.2 Lull 1921 pronghorn
may include additional antilocaprid of Lindsay
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Ovis sp.
Ovis sp. Linnaeus 1758 sheep
said to be new; only Irvingtonian record, and not discussed by Kurten and Anderson 1980
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.1, Camelops sp., Hemiauchenia sp., Hemiauchenia cf. macrocephala1, cf. Palaeolama sp.
Camelidae indet.1 Gray 1821 camel
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
small
cf. Palaeolama sp. Gervais 1869 camel
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp.
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp., Equus cf. conversidens, Equus aff. complicatus
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
large
Equus cf. conversidens Owen 1869 horse
Equus aff. complicatus Leidy 1858 horse
1Alroy 2002; 2Croxen, iii and Sussman 2000; 3Kurten and Werdelin 1988; 4McDonald 1995; 5Shaw and McDonald 1987; 6Tedford et al. 2009