Gretna (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Phillips County, Kansas (39.8° N, 99.4° W: paleocoordinates 40.2° N, 96.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: R. J. Zakrzewski. 1988. Preliminary report on fossil mammals from the Ogallala (Miocene) of north-central Kansas. Fort Hays Studies, Science, third series 10:117-127 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 18186: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• from a 3 - 4.5 m thick fine-grained sand
this could be the same as the Selbe Ranch locality of Hibbard 1942a, which yielded Eucastor tortus and was said to be 8 mi (=12.9 km) NE of Phillipsburg
this could be the same as the Selbe Ranch locality of Hibbard 1942a, which yielded Eucastor tortus and was said to be 8 mi (=12.9 km) NE of Phillipsburg
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Copemys sp. Wood 1936 mouse | |
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Mylagaulidae indet. Cope 1881 rodent | |
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Hystricops sp. Leidy 1858 beaver
Eucastor sp. Allen 1877 beaver | |
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Borophaginae indet. Simpson 1945 bone-crushing dog | |
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Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore | |
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Hipparionini indet. Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse
Pseudhipparion sp. Ameghino 1904 hipparionine horse
Calippus regulus Johnston 1937 horse
Hypohippus sp. Leidy 1858 anchitheriine horse | |
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Peraceras sp. Cope 1880 rhinoceros | |
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Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
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Merychyus sp. Leidy 1858 oreodont | |
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Cranioceratini indet. Frick 1937 ruminant "["Cranioceras sp.": based on Thomasson et al. 1990, Zakrzewski appears to include Pediomeryx in Cranioceras
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Longirostromeryx sp. Frick 1937 musk deer | |
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Protolabis sp. Cope 1876 camel | |
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Tayassuinae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary | |
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Untermannerix sp. Rich 1981 hedgehog | |
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Domninoides sp. Green 1956 mole | |