Hammann Gravel Pit (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Harper

Where: McPherson County, Kansas (38.3° N, 97.6° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 97.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gravel

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1887

Primary reference: J. Lindahl. 1892. Description of a skull of Megalonyx leidyi, n. sp. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 17(1):1-10 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20353: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• see also Hibbard 1952
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Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon cf. harlani2
Paramylodon cf. harlani2 Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx leidyi n. sp.
Megalonyx leidyi n. sp. Lindahl 1892 edentate
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus columbi2
Mammuthus columbi2 Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth
 Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium sp.1
Homotherium sp.1 Fabrini 1890 cat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus niobrarensis2, Equus cf. conversidens2
Equus niobrarensis2 Hay 1913 horse
Equus cf. conversidens2 Owen 1869 horse
1Alroy 2002; 2Semken 1966