Hall Ash (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Jewell County, Kansas (39.8° N, 98.1° W: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 97.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Sappa Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: R. Eshelman and M. Hager. 1984. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 8 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 20352: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• underlies an ash dated at 0.706 +/- 0.017 Ma FT on glass this may be the Hartford Ash
Goodwin 1995a reports Cynomys sp. from three unnamed localities in Jewell Co.
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unclassified
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Ferissia cf. fragilis, Planorbula campestris, Allogona profunda, Stenotrema leai, Euconulus fulvus, Cionella lubrica
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
Stagnicola caperata
 Heterostropha - Physidae
Physa gyrina
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Gyraulus parvus
 Stylommatophora - Valloniidae
Vallonia gracilicosta
 Stylommatophora - Gastrocoptidae
Gastrocopta cf. armifera
 Stylommatophora - Succineidae
Succinea ovalis, cf. Succinea sp.
Succinea ovalis amber snail
cf. Succinea sp. Draparnaud 1801 amber snail
 Stylommatophora - Zonitidae
Zonitoides nitidus, Zonitoides arboreus, Nesovitrea electrina, Hawaiia minuscula
Zonitoides nitidus true glass snail
Zonitoides arboreus true glass snail
Nesovitrea electrina true glass snail
Hawaiia minuscula true glass snail
 Stylommatophora - Helicodiscidae
Helicodiscus paralellus
 Heterostropha - Carychiidae
Carychium exiguum
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Pupilla sinistra" = Pupa (Pupilla)
"Pupilla sinistra" = Pupa (Pupilla) snail
 Pulmonata - Discidae
Discus cronkhitei
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Sphaerium sp.
Sphaerium sp. Scopoli 1777 fingernail clam
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex cf. pratensis, Sorex aff. cinereus
Sorex cf. pratensis Hibbard 1944 long-tailed shrew
Sorex aff. cinereus Kerr 1792 cinereus shrew
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Spermophilus cf. richardsonii" = Urocitellus richardsonii, Cynomys sp.
"Spermophilus cf. richardsonii" = Urocitellus richardsonii Sabine 1822 Holarctic ground squirrel
Cynomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 prairie dog
specific identity also unclear to Goodwin 1995b
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp.
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapus sandersi
Zapus sandersi Hibbard 1956 jumping mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mictomys cf. meltoni, Ondatra annectens, Microtus paroperarius, Phenacomys cf. intermedius
Mictomys cf. meltoni Paulson 1961 bog lemming
Ondatra annectens Brown 1908 muskrat
Microtus paroperarius Hibbard 1944 vole
Phenacomys cf. intermedius Merriam 1889 western heather vole
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp.
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle
Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana pipiens
Rana pipiens Schreber 1782 Northern leopard frog
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo hemiophrys
 Caudata - Urodela
Ambystoma tigrinum, "Ambystoma maculatum" = Amblystoma maculatum
Ambystoma tigrinum Green 1825 tiger salamander
"Ambystoma maculatum" = Amblystoma maculatum Shaw 1802 Spotted salamander