111 Ranch (Lower): Blancan, Arizona

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodon medius Gidley 1922
synonym of Sigmodon minor
Baiomys sp. True 1894
Tomida 1987
Calomys (Bensonomys) arizonae (Gidley 1922)
    = Bensonomys arizonae Gidley 1922
Tomida 1987
recombined as Calomys (Bensonomys) arizonae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Nannippus peninsulatus (Cope 1885)
Equus simplicidens Cope 1892
recombined as Plesippus simplicidens
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops cf. traviswhitei Mooser and Dalquest 1975
synonym of Camelops hesternus
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Urocyon sp. Baird 1857
    = Urocyon galushai n. sp. Tedford et al. 2009
Tedford et al. 2009
Canis cf. irvingtonensis Savage 1951
    = Canis cf. latrans Say 1823
Alroy 2002
Canis cf. cedazoensis Mooser and Dalquest 1975
    = Canis thooides n. sp. Tedford et al. 2009
Tedford et al. 2009
Uncertain if this is the true type locality, but type locality of C. thooides is "Flat Tire Fauna, Dry Mountain locality (late Blancan), 32 km southeast of Safford on the east side of the San Simon Valley, Graham County, Arizona." Also, C. cedazoensis is "Only known from the Rancholabrean of Mexico"
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptotherium texanum Osborn 1903
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Cuvieronius sp. Osborn 1923
    = Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922
Alroy 2002
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Arizona County:Graham
Coordinates: 33.0° North, 109.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.1° North, 109.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene
Key time interval:Blancan
Age range of interval:4.90000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Local section:111Rn Local bed:1
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:from 25-30 m/81-98 ft. in local section
Metadata
Database number:19656
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot
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:

1584. T. Galusha, N. M. Johnson, E. H. Lindsay, N. D. Opdyke, and R. H. Tedford. 1984. Biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy, late Pliocene rocks, 111 Ranch, Arizona. Geological Society America Bulletin 95(6):714-722 [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]
52058 R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/G. Lloyd]
61995% 23340Y. 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]