Pearson Mesa ( of the United States)

Where: Hidalgo County, New Mexico (32.7° N, 109.0° W: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 108.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gila Conglomerate Formation, Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

• 4 localities in about 15 m of section, but later material of Morgan and Lucas 1999b comes from 60 m of section and may be diachronous

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; siltstone

• all localities are shown as coming from a siltstone facies

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), sieve,

Primary reference: Y. Tomida. 1987. Small mammal fossils and correlation of continental deposits, Safford and Duncan basins, Arizona. National Science Museum 1-141 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 19655: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
"Cuvieronius or Rhynchotherium" Morgan and Lucas 1999b
Stegomastodon mirificus Leidy 1858 gomphothere
Stegomastodon mirificus2 Leidy 1858 gomphothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Nannippus peninsulatus1 Cope 1885 hipparionine horse
"Equus simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens2 Cope 1892 horse
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus sp.2 Leconte 1848 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia sp.2 Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
Camelops sp.2 Leidy 1854 camel
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet.2 Gray 1821 cat
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Nerterogeomys cf. persimilis1 Hay 1927 pocket gopher
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum2
"Glyptotherium arizonae" = Glyptotherium texanum2 Osborn 1903 glyptodon
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx leptostomus2 Cope 1893 edentate