western side of Cave Creek ( of the United States)

Also known as Uncataloged ASU locality; locality SB1 of Lander, 1998

Where: Maricopa County, Arizona (33.9° N, 112.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 106.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: early Late Arikareean to early Late Arikareean (30.8 - 20.4 Ma)

• said to be Orellan

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; tuff

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. B. Lander and E. H. Lindsay. 2011. Merychyus calaminthus (Mammalia, Artiodactyla, Oreodontidae) of probable early late Arikareean (late Oligocene to late early Miocene) age from the lower part of the Chalk Canyon Formation, Maricopa and Yavapai counties, central Arizona. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(1):215-226 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157243: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 10.06.2014

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merychyus calaminthus Jahns 1940 oreodont