Mendevil Ranch: Blancan, Arizona

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Cuvieronius sp. Osborn 1923
    = Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Canini indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Nannippus cf. phlegon (Hay 1899)
    = Nannippus cf. peninsulatus Cope 1885
Alroy 2002
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848
Mammalia - Camelidae
Tanupolama sp. Stock 1928
    = Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Alroy 2002
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Aluralagus sp. Downey 1968
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Calomys (Bensonomys) arizonae (Gidley 1922)
    = Bensonomys arizonae Gidley 1922
Alroy 2002
recombined as Calomys (Bensonomys) arizonae
Onychomys bensoni Gidley 1922
Pliophenacomys sp. Hibbard 1950
Baiomys minimus (Gidley 1922)
original and current combination Peromyscus minimus
Neotoma fossilis Gidley 1922
Sigmodon medius Gidley 1922
synonym of Sigmodon minor
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Cratogeomys bensoni Gidley 1922
Geomys minor Gidley 1922
    = Nerterogeomys minor Gidley 1922
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Prodipodomys minor (Gidley 1922)
original and current combination Dipodomys minor
Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839
    = Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875
Alroy 2002
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Arizona County:Cochise
Coordinates: 32.0° North, 110.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.1° North, 109.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene
Key time interval:Blancan
Age range of interval:4.70000 - 1.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:St. David
Local section:SPedr Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:chron C2An.2n (avg age 3.17 Ma) based on paleomag
Metadata
Also known as:UA loc. 12-0
Database number:19624
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
2040. N. M. Johnson, N. D. Opdyke, and E. H. Lindsay. 1975. Magnetic Polarity Stratigraphy of Pliocene-Pleistocene Terrestrial Deposits and Vertebrate Faunas, San Pedro Valley, Arizona. Geological Society America Bulletin 86(1):5-12 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]