White Rock Middle Loc. ( of the United States)

Also known as UM-K4-72

Where: Republic County, Kansas (39.9° N, 97.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 97.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: R. E. Eshelman. 1975. Geology and Paleontology of the Early Pleistocene (Late Blancan) White Rock Fauna from North-Central Kansas. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 13:1-60 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 19943: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Capromeryx sp. Matthew 1902 pronghorn
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex aff. sandersi Hibbard 1956 long-tailed shrew
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus boothi Hibbard 1972 ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758 beaver
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus pearlettensis Hibbard 1941 pocket mouse
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Hibbardomys marthae3 Zakrzewski 1984 mouse
Hibbardomys voorhiesi3 Zakrzewski 1984 mouse
Plioctomys cf. rinkeri1 Hibbard 1956 mouse
Pliophenacomys osborni Martin 1972 mouse
OK, Zakrzewski 1984
"Ophiomys meadensis" = Pliophenacomys meadensis Hibbard 1956 mouse
Ondatra idahoensis Wilson 1933 muskrat
Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922 cotton rat
Neotoma leucopetrica4 Zakrzewski 1991 pack rat
Onychomys sp. Baird 1858 grasshopper mouse
Reithrodontomys pratincola Hibbard 1941 harvest mouse
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapus sandersi Hibbard 1956 jumping mouse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus voorhiesi2 White 1988 rabbit