White Narrows ( of the United States)

Where: Clark County, Nevada (35.7° N, 115.2° W: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 114.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: White Narrows Formation, Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: R. E. Reynolds and E. H. Lindsay. 1999. Late Tertiary basins and vertebrate faunas along the Nevada-Utah border. Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:469-478 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 20017: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

• said to be earliest Blancan
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Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Myotis sp., Antrozous sp.
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
a bat
Antrozous sp. Allen 1862 pallid bat
a bat
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Repomys cf. gustelyi, Neotoma (Paraneotoma) cf. vaughani, "Antecalomys valensis" = Postcopemys valensis, "Antecalomys cf. vasquezi" = Postcopemys vasquezi, Bensonomys cf. coffeyi, "Bensonomys cf. arizonae" = Calomys (Bensonomys) arizonae, Paronychomys cf. lemredfieldi
Repomys cf. gustelyi May 1981 mouse
Neotoma (Paraneotoma) cf. vaughani Czaplewski 1990 pack rat
"Antecalomys valensis" = Postcopemys valensis Shotwell 1967 mouse
"Antecalomys cf. vasquezi" = Postcopemys vasquezi Jacobs 1977 mouse
Bensonomys cf. coffeyi Dalquest 1983 mouse
"Bensonomys cf. arizonae" = Calomys (Bensonomys) arizonae Gidley 1922 mouse
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
"Prodipodomys gidleyi" = Dipodomys gidleyi, Prodipodomys sp., Oregonomys cf. sargenti, Perognathinae indet.
"Prodipodomys gidleyi" = Dipodomys gidleyi Wood 1935 kangaroo rat
Prodipodomys sp. Hibbard 1939 rodent
Oregonomys cf. sargenti Shotwell 1956 rodent
Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875 rodent
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex sp.
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
two forms
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Bassariscus sp.
Bassariscus sp. Coues 1887 ringtail