Walnut Grove (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UALP 1

Where: Yavapai County, Arizona (34.5° N, 112.5° W: paleocoordinates 35.1° N, 110.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 19603: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet.
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
"Procamelus" and "Pliauchenia"
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equinae indet.1, Equini indet.
Equinae indet.1 Steinmann and Döderlein 1890 horse
Equini indet. Quinn 1955 horse
"Pliohippus"
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet.3
Felidae indet.3 Gray 1821 cat
 Carnivora - Canidae
Metalopex macconnelli4, Borophaginae indet.
Metalopex macconnelli4 Tedford et al. 2009 canine
Borophaginae indet. Simpson 1945 bone-crushing dog
"cf. Osteoborus" of Colton 1953; "Aelurodon"
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Bassariscus sp.2
Bassariscus sp.2 Coues 1887 ringtail
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet.
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
1Alroy 2002; 2Baskin 2004; 3Colton 1953; 4Tedford et al. 2009