Fox Canyon: Blancan, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Eumecoides hibbardi
Twente 1952 1 specimen
Eumecoides mylocoelus
Twente 1952 1 specimen
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
Spea sp. Cope 1866
Tihen 1960
Reptilia - Colubridae
Lampropeltis doliata
Brattstrom 1967
Lampropeltis getulus (Linnaeus 1766)
Brattstrom 1967
Elaphe obsoleta (Say 1823)
Brattstrom 1967
Pituophis catenifer
Brattstrom 1967
Coluber constrictor Linnaeus 1758
Brattstrom 1967
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768
Brattstrom 1967
    = Nerodia sp. Baird and Girard 1853
Alroy 2009
Thamnophis sp. Fitzinger 1843
Brattstrom 1967
Heterodon plionasicus Peters 1953
Brattstrom 1967
Heterodon platyrhinos (Latreille 1801)
Brattstrom 1967
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Crotalus viridis Rafinesque 1818
Brattstrom 1967
Agkistrodon contortix
Brattstrom 1967
nomen dubium belonging to Crocopoda
Sistrurus catenatus
Brattstrom 1967
Reptilia - Scincidae
Eumeces striatulus
Etheridge 1961
Reptilia - Teiidae
Cnemidophorus bilobatus
Etheridge 1961
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Linnaeus 1766)
Etheridge 1961
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus attenuatus Cope 1880
Etheridge 1961 25 specimens
lizard occurrences at Fox Canyon are based on the assumption that this is the "Wendell Fox Pasture" localitiy in Etheridge 1961
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Phrynosoma cornutum
Etheridge 1961
Sceloporus robustus n. sp. Twente 1952
Twente 1952 22 specimens
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Lasiurus fossilis n. sp. Hibbard 1950
a bat
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela rexroadensis n. sp. Hibbard 1950
(3 measurements)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Bassariscus rexroadensis n. sp. Hibbard 1950
(1 measurement)
    = Procyon sp. Storr 1780
Hibbard 1950
ignored completely by Kurten and Anderson 1980 said to possibly be a species of Procyon by Bjork 1973; and apparently referred to as "Procyon
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Brachyprotoma breviramus Hibbard 1941
(1 measurement)
    = Buisnictis schoffi Hibbard 1954
Bjork 1970
and presumably also the type of "B. meadensis"
Brachyopsigale dubius n. sp. Hibbard 1954
Hibbard 1954
? Mephitis rexroadensis n. sp. Hibbard 1952
Hibbard 1952
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Chasmaporthetes sp. Hay 1921
Bjork 1973 1 specimen
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus brachyodontus Oelrich 1953
Hibbard 1954
    = Odocoileus brachydontus n. sp. Oelrich 1953
Oelrich 1953
    = Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832
Wheatley and Ruez 2003
Mammalia - Talpidae
Hesperoscalops rexroadi Hibbard 1941
recombined as Scalopus rexroadi
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex rexroadensis n. sp. Hibbard 1953
Hibbard 1953
? Cryptotis meadensis n. sp. Hibbard 1953
Hibbard 1953
Blarina adamsi n. sp. Hibbard 1953
    = Cryptotis adamsi Hibbard 1953
Hibbard 1953
Paracryptotis rex n. sp. Hibbard 1950
(5 measurements)
Notiosorex jacksoni n. sp. Hibbard 1950
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus ringoldensis Gustafson 1978
White 1988
presumably includes "H. regalis"
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapus rinkeri n. sp. Hibbard 1951
Hibbard 1951
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Bensonomys arizonae (Gidley 1922)
    = Bensonomys sp. Gazin 1942
Alroy 2002
i.d. based on assumption that B. eliasi is a junior synonym
Onychomys gidleyi Hibbard 1941
Pliophenacomys primaevus (Hibbard 1937)
(1 measurement)
    = Pliophenacomys finneyi Hibbard and Zakrzewski 1972
Hibbard and Zakrzewski 1972
at this site only
Peromyscus baumgartneri Hibbard 1954
Hibbard 1954
Parahodomys quadriplicatus Hibbard 1941
    = Neotoma quadriplicata Hibbard 1941
Alroy 2002
Symmetrodontomys simplicidens Hibbard 1941
Ogmodontomys poaphagus Hibbard 1941
includes type of "Ogmodontomys poaphagus transitionalis": replaces ID of Zakrzewski 1967a
Reithrodontomys rexroadensis n. sp. Hibbard 1952
Hibbard 1952
Baiomys rexroadi in part
    = Reithrodontomys rexroadensis n. sp. Hibbard 1952
Hibbard 1952
in part
Reithrodontomys wetmorei n. sp. Hibbard 1952
Hibbard 1952
Baiomys rexroadi Hibbard 1941
    = Baiomys kolbi n. sp. Hibbard 1952
Hibbard 1952
in part
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Paenemarmota barbouri Hibbard and Schultz 1948
see also Repenning 1962 (7 measurements)
Citellus rexroadensis Hibbard 1941
    = Spermophilus rexroadensis Hibbard 1941
Hibbard 1967
"S. sp."
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Nerterogeomys cf. minor (Gidley 1922)
    = Geomys adamsi n. sp. Hibbard 1967
Hibbard 1967
in part
Geomys smithi n. sp. Hibbard 1967
    = Nerterogeomys smithi Hibbard 1967
Hibbard 1967
"Nerterogeomys cf. minor" in part
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus pearlettensis Hibbard 1941
Perognathus rexroadensis n. sp. Hibbard 1950
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Meade
Coordinates: 37.2° North, 100.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.3° North, 99.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene
Key time interval:Blancan
Age range of interval:4.70000 - 1.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Rexroad Member:upper
Local section:Meade Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:slightly farther below level of "massive caliche zone" than is Keefe Canyon, which is considered temporally significant by Kurten and Anderson 1980
Metadata
Also known as:Rexroad Locality 4; UM-K1-47; XI Ranch
Database number:19931
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Head, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot, J. Head
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-07-15 19:11:23
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
1860. C. W. Hibbard. 1950. Mammals of the Rexroad Formation from Fox Canyon, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 8(6):113-192 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
29343 J. Alroy. 2009. High-handed opinions on taxonomy and other matters. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
1069 P. R. Bjork. 1970. The Carnivora of the Hagerman Local Fauna (Late Pliocene) of Southwestern Idaho. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 60(7):3-54 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
1070 P. R. Bjork. 1973. Additional Carnivores from the Rexroad Formation (Upper Pliocene) of Southwestern Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 76(1):24-38 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/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]
91575% 37560R. Etheridge. 1961. Late Cenozoic glass lizards (Ophiosaurus) from the Southern Great Plains. Herpetologica 17(3):179-186 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Alroy]
1862 C. W. Hibbard. 1951. A new jumping mouse from the upper Pliocene of Kansas. Journal of Mammalogy 32(3) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
1866 C. W. Hibbard. 1952. A Contribution to the Rexroad Fauna. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 55(2):196-208 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
1869 C. W. Hibbard. 1953. The Saw Rock Canyon fauna [Kansas] and its stratigraphic significance. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 38:387-411 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
1873 C. W. Hibbard. 1954. Second Contribution to the Rexroad Fauna. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 57(2):221-237 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
1890 C. W. Hibbard. 1967. New rodents from the late Cenozoic of Kansas. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52:115-131 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
1911 C. W. Hibbard and R. J. Zakrzewski. 1972. A New Species of Microtine from the Late Pliocene of Kansas. Journal of Mammalogy 53(4) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
51401 T. M. Oelrich. 1953. Additional Mammals From the Rexroad Fauna. Journal of Mammalogy 34(3):373-378 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
25728 J. A. Tihen. 1960. On Neoscaphiopus and other Pliocene pelobatid frogs. Copeia 1960(2):89-94 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
46059 J. W. Twente. 1952. Pliocene lizards from Kansas. Copeia 1952(2):70-73 [J. Head/J. Head]
3632 J. A. White. 1988. The Archaeolaginae (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) of North America, Excluding Archaeolagus and Panolax. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(4):425-450 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]