Sandahl Gravel Pit (Pleistocene of the United States)
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
Primary reference: H. A. Semken, Jr. 1966. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the McPherson Equus Beds (Sandahl Local Fauna), McPherson County, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 20(6):121-178 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 20516: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jason Head
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• "Sandahl Local Fauna" includes five other gravel pits
possibly relevant: Paramylodon harlani McDonald 1995: "Sandahl"
possibly relevant: Paramylodon harlani McDonald 1995: "Sandahl"
Show authors, comments, and common names
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Mammalia | |
"Mammuthus imperator" = Mammuthus columbi
"Mammuthus imperator" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 imperial mammoth | |
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel | |
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Sorex cf. cinereus Kerr 1792 cinereus shrew | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
"Spermophilus richardsonii" = Urocitellus richardsonii1, Cynomys niobrarius2, Cynomys spenceri2, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus1
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Geomys bursarius Shaw 1800 plains pocket gopher | |
Castoroides cf. ohioensis Foster 1838 giant beaver
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver | |
Zapus hudsonius Zimmermann 1780 meadow jumping mouse | |
Onychomys sp., Peromyscus cf. progressus, "Pedomys ochrogaster" = Microtus ochrogaster1, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Reithrodontomys cf. montanus
Onychomys sp. Baird 1858 grasshopper mouse
Peromyscus cf. progressus Hibbard 1960 deer mouse
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Reithrodontomys cf. montanus Baird 1855 plains harvest mouse | |
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Thamnophis sp.3, Heterodon (cf. Heterodon) platyrhinos3, Colubrinae indet.3, Coluber indet.3, Natricinae indet.3, "Natrix sipedon" = Nerodia sipedon3, Tropidoclonion lineatum3
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Amphibia | |
"Scaphiopus bombifrons" = Spea bombifrons3
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