Selby Ranch Quarry: Late/Upper Clarendonian, Kansas
collected by J. Blick
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Leptarctus kansasensis n. sp.
Lim and Martin 2001
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| synonym of Leptarctus wortmani | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Leptocyon vafer
(Leidy 1858)
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Tedford et al. 2009 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Protohippus supremus
Leidy 1869
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Mihlbachler et al. 2011 | |||||||||
| Supplemental Table S1 | ||||||||||
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Pliohippus pernix
Marsh 1874
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Mihlbachler et al. 2011 | |||||||||
| Supplemental Table S1 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras fossiger
(Cope 1878)
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
| F:AM 115653 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Phillips |
| Coordinates: | 40.0° North, 99.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.4° North, 97.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Clarendonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 12.50000 - 9.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ogallala | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: apparently from the Republican River Beds = Ogallala Formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | AMNH |
| Collectors: | J. Blick |
Metadata
| Database number: | 110829 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-06-14 12:35:53 | Last modified: | 2011-06-13 22:35:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-06-14 12:35:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36420. | W. W. Korth and J. A. Baskin. 2009. A new species of Leptarctus (Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the late Clarendonian (late Miocene) of Kansas. Annals of Carnegie Museum 78(1):29-44 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 61275 | M. C. Mihlbachler, F. Rivals, N. Solounias and G. M. Semprebon. 2011. Dietary Change and Evolution of Horses in North America. Science 331:1178-1181 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
| 51726 | D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
| 52058 | R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/G. Lloyd] |