West of Phillipsburg: Late/Upper Miocene, 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 sp.
Osborn 1923
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| synonym of Gomphotherium | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras fossiger
(Cope 1878)
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| 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 |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:this is not the same as Long Island Quarry | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 18462 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-10-19 13:52:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |