Cudahy (Pleistocene of the United States)
Also known as Cudahy ash mine (UK Loc. 10); Sunbrite ash mine (UK Loc. 17)
Where: Meade County, Kansas (37.2° N, 100.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 100.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Pearlette Ash O Member ("Crooked Creek" Formation), Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: G. R. Paulson. 1961. The mammals of the Cudahy Fauna. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 46:127-153 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 20301: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• ash has been dated by Naeser et al. 1973 (see Rock Creek)
below type O ash according to Zakrzewski 1975 and therefore probably above the Nash localities, which underlie the type S ash, but there is no clearcut evidence to support this interpretation
below type O ash according to Zakrzewski 1975 and therefore probably above the Nash localities, which underlie the type S ash, but there is no clearcut evidence to support this interpretation
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Amphibia | |
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Mammalia | |
"Spermophilus richardsonii" = Urocitellus richardsonii1, Spermophilus cf. tridecemlineatus1, Spermophilus cf. lorisrusselli6
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Geomys tobinensis Hibbard 1944 pocket gopher
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher | |
Zapus cf. sandersi Hibbard 1956 jumping mouse | |
Reithrodontomys moorei, Peromyscus cragini, Mictomys meltoni1, "Terricola meadensis" = Microtus meadensis1, Microtus paroperarius n. sp., "Pedomys llanensis" = Microtus llanensis, Ondatra annectens
Reithrodontomys moorei Hibbard 1944 harvest mouse
Peromyscus cragini Hibbard 1944 deer mouse
Microtus paroperarius n. sp. Hibbard 1944 vole
"Pedomys llanensis" = Microtus llanensis Hibbard 1944 vole
Ondatra annectens Brown 1908 muskrat | |
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit | |
Blarina brevicauda7, Sorex cudahyensis, Sorex megapalustris, Sorex lacustris, Sorex cinereus, Sorex pratensis1
Sorex cudahyensis Hibbard 1944 long-tailed shrew
Sorex megapalustris Paulson 1961 long-tailed shrew
Sorex lacustris Hibbard 1944 long-tailed shrew | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848 peccary | |
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866 pronghorn | |
"Mustela cf. vison" = Neogale vison5 Schreber 1777 mink supported by Anderson et al. 1986 and Anderson 1996, contra i.d. as "M. nigripes" by Hibbard 1970c and Bjork 1973
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Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate | |
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth | |
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