Long Island Quarry: Hemphillian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Serridentinus republicanus
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Osborn 1918 | |||||||||
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= Gomphotherium sp.
Burmeister 1837
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Protohippus gidleyi
Hulbert 1988
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Hulbert 1989 | |||||||||
| pers. commun. | ||||||||||
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Pliohippus nobilis n. sp.
Osborn 1918
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Matthew and Stirton 1930 | |||||||||
| see Skinner et al. 1968 | ||||||||||
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Hipparion cf. tehonense
(Merriam 1916)
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Hulbert 1989 | |||||||||
| recombined as Hipparion gratum tehonense | ||||||||||
| pers. commun. | ||||||||||
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Cormohipparion occidentale
(Leidy 1856)
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Hulbert 1989 | |||||||||
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= Hippotherium sp.
Kaup 1832
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| pers. commun. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras fossiger n. sp.
(Cope 1878)
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Frye et al. 1956 | |||||||||
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Aphelops malacorhinus
Cope 1878
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Prothero 1989 | |||||||||
| pers. comm. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Hemiauchenia vera n. sp.
(Matthew 1909)
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Webb 1974 | |||||||||
| recombined as Pleiolama vera | ||||||||||
| see also Hibbard 1963c | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustelidae indet.
Fischer 1817
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| compared to Leptarctus | ||||||||||
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= Leptarctus woodburnei
Bever and Zakrzewski 2009
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Bever and Zakrzewski 2009 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Epigaulus hatcheri n. sp.
Gidley 1907
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Hibbard 1942 | |||||||||
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= Ceratogaulus hatcheri
Gidley 1907
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| from "near Long Island"; originally described by Gidley 1907; said to be from "Long Island quarry" by Wilson 1937b | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Palaeoelaphe kansensis n. gen., n. sp.
Gilmore 1938
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Brattstrom 1967 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Elaphe kansensis | ||||||||||
| USNM 13500 (holotype), disarticulated vertebrae (may not be single individual) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Phillips |
| Coordinates: | 39.8° North, 99.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.1° North, 97.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | ||
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene |
| Key time interval: | Hemphillian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ogallala |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:possibly relevant: Cosoryx furcatus Frick 1937: dentition; "Republican River Beds, Phillips County" in Kansas equids: Hulbert 1989 pers. commun. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Overton Farm | ||
| Database number: | 18237 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2018-02-05 15:36:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3794. | R. J. Zakrzewski. 1988. Preliminary report on fossil mammals from the Ogallala (Miocene) of north-central Kansas. Fort Hays Studies, Science, third series 10:117-127 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 56797 | G. S. Bever and R. J. Zakrzewski. 2009. A New Species of the Miocene Leptarctine Leptarctus (Carnivora: Mustelidae) From the Early Hemphillian of Kansas. In L. B. Albright (ed.), Papers on Geology, Vertebrate Paleontology, and Biostratigraphy in Honor of Michael O. Woodburne (Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 65) 465--481 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
| 30836 | B. H. Brattstrom. 1967. A succession of Pliocene and Pleistocene snake faunas from the High Plains of the United States. Copeia 1967(1):188-202 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 1561 | J. C. Frye, A. B. Leonard, and A. Swineford. 1956. Stratigraphy of the Ogallala Formation (Neogene) of northern Kansas. State Geological Survey of Kansas Bulletin 118:1-92 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 1852 | C. W. Hibbard. 1942. The occurrence of Eucastor tortus Leidy in Phillips County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 45:248-252 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 1952 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1989. Phylogenetic Interrelationships and Evolution of North American Late Equidae. In D. R. Prothero and R. M. Schoch (eds.), The Evolution of Perissodactyls [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 6276 | W. D. Matthew and R. A. Stirton. 1930. Equidae from the Pliocene of Texas. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 19(17):349-396 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 10075 | 5% 43640 | T. M. Oelrich. 1953. A new box turtle from the Pleistocene of Southwestern Kansas. Copeia 1953(1):33-38 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Alroy] |
| 2702 | H. F. Osborn. 1918. Equidae of the Oligocene, Miocene, and Pliocene of North America, iconographic type revision. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 2(1):1-217 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 6328 | D. R. Prothero. 1989. Personal communication regarding rhinocerotid identifications. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 3569 | S. D. Webb. 1974. Pleistocene llamas of Florida, with a brief review of the Lamini. In S. D. Webb (ed.), Pleistocene Mammals of Florida 170-213 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |