Kanopolis (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Ellsworth County, Kansas (38.7° N, 98.1° W: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 97.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: C. W. Hibbard, R. J. Zakrzewski, R. E. Eshelman, G. Edmund, C. D. Griggs and C. Griggs. 1978. Mammals from the Kanopolis Local Fauna, Pleistocene (Yarmouth) of Ellsworth County, Kansa. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 25(2):11-44 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 20390: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jason Head
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Taxonomic list
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Amphibia | |
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Mammalia | |
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Mammuthus cf. columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth | |
Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole | |
Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew | |
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
"Tapirus veroensis" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Sellards 1918 tapir | |
Equus niobrarensis Hay 1913 horse | |
"Hemiauchenia cf. seymourensis" = Hemiauchenia macrocephala, Camelops sp.
"Hemiauchenia cf. seymourensis" = Hemiauchenia macrocephala Cope 1893 camel
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel | |
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Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer | |
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
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Mephitis cf. mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk | |
Smilodon sp. Lund 1841 saber-toothed cat | |
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox | |
Zapus sandersi Hibbard 1956 jumping mouse | |
Neofiber leonardi, Neotoma cf. floridana, Peromyscus cf. progressus, Peromyscus cf. cragini, Reithrodontomys humulis, Ondatra zibethicus1, "Pedomys llanensis" = Microtus llanensis1, Microtus pennsylvanicus
Neofiber leonardi Hibbard 1943 mouse
Neotoma cf. floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Peromyscus cf. progressus Hibbard 1960 deer mouse
Peromyscus cf. cragini Hibbard 1944 deer mouse
Reithrodontomys humulis Audubon and Bachman 1841 eastern harvest mouse
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole | |
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Geomys bursarius Shaw 1800 plains pocket gopher
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher | |
Castoroides cf. ohioensis Foster 1838 giant beaver | |
Sylvilagus floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail | |
Paramylodon harlani Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth | |
Holmesina septentrionalis Leidy 1889 edentate | |
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Colubrinae indet.3, Pituophis melanoleucus3, Coluber indet.3, Natricinae indet.3, Regina grahami3, "Natrix sipedon" = Nerodia sipedon3, Thamnophis (cf. Thamnophis) sirtalis3, Heterodon indet.3
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