Wendell Fox Pasture: Blancan, Kansas
collected 1962

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Pelecaniformes - Ardeidae
Egretta sp. Forster 1817
Moseley and Feduccia 1975
Botaurus hibbardi n. sp.
Moseley and Feduccia 1975
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo rexroadensis n. sp. Oelrich 1952
Oelrich 1952
synonym of Hesperotestudo orthopygia
UMMP 28124 (holotype), parts of a shell and appendicular elements
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Macroclemys temmincki (Troost 1835)
Hibbard 1963
recombined as Macrochelys temminckii
1962 collection
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus 1758)
Hibbard 1963
1962 collection
Reptilia - Colubridae
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
Lampropeltis doliata
Brattstrom 1967
Lampropeltis getulus (Linnaeus 1766)
Brattstrom 1967
Coluber constrictor Linnaeus 1758
Brattstrom 1967
Elaphe obsoleta (Say 1823)
Brattstrom 1967
Pituophis catenifer
Brattstrom 1967
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Agkistrodon contortix
Brattstrom 1967
nomen dubium belonging to Crocopoda
Crotalus viridis Rafinesque 1818
Brattstrom 1967
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Stegomastodon rexroadensis Woodburne 1961
Woodburne 1961
    = Stegomastodon primitivus Osborn 1936
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis rexroadensis Stephens 1959
Bjork 1973
    = Lynx ? rexroadensis Stephens 1959
Alroy 2002
original and current combination Felis rexroadensis
probably OK, see Werdelin 1985
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela meltoni n. sp. Bjork 1973
Bjork 1973
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Buisnictis breviramus (Hibbard 1941)
Bjork 1973
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Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Bassariscus casei Hibbard 1952
Bjork 1973
Procyon rexroadensis Hibbard 1941
Bjork 1973
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Bjork 1973
Canis lepophagus Johnston 1938
Bjork 1973
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Nannippus sp. (Matthew 1926)
Dalquest and Donovan 1973
Mammalia - Soricidae
Paracryptotis rex Hibbard 1950
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Dipoides rexroadensis Hibbard and Riggs 1949
Woodburne 1961
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Prodipodomys rexroadensis Hibbard 1954
Zakrzewski 1970
    = Prodipodomys centralis Hibbard 1941
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys jacobi Hibbard 1967
Hibbard 1967
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Onychomys gidleyi Hibbard 1941
Carleton and Eshelman 1979
Ogmodontomys poaphagus Hibbard 1941
Zakrzewski 1967
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapus sp. Coues 1876
Martin 1989
said to be new
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Nekrolagus progressus (Hibbard 1939)
Hibbard 1963
confirmed by White 1991a
Hypolagus regalis Hibbard 1939
Hibbard 1969
confirmed by White 1988
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Meade
Coordinates: 37.1° North, 100.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.2° North, 99.8° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene
*Local age/stage:Blancan
Key time interval:Blancan
Age range of interval:4.90000 - 1.80000 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
Primary lithology: sandy siltstone
Lithology description: "sandy silts" (Hibbard 1963)
Environment:fluvial indet.
Geology comments: "stream" (Hibbard 1963)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:UMMP
Collection dates:1962
Taxonomic list comments:list is probably not complete
Metadata
Also known as:UM-K3-53; Wendell Fox Ranch
Database number:19940
Authorizer:J. Alroy, E. Vlachos Enterer:J. Alroy, E. Vlachos
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2007-08-09 23:59:40
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

1896. C. W. Hibbard and P. R. Bjork. 1971. The Insectivores of the Hagerman Local Fauna, Upper Pliocene of Idaho. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 23(9):171-180 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

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]
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]
1172 M. D. Carleton and R. E. Eshelman. 1979. A Synopsis of Fossil Grasshopper Mice, Genus Onychomys, and their Relationships to Recent Species . University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 21:1-63 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
1320 W. W. Dalquest and T. J. Donovan. 1973. A new three-toed horse (Nannippus) from the late Pliocene of Scurry County, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 47(1):34-45 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
1886 C. W. Hibbard. 1963. The Origin of the P3 Pattern of Sylvilagus, Caprolagus, Oryctolagus and Lepus. Journal of Mammalogy 44(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
25018 C. W. Hibbard. 1963. The presence of Macroclemys and Chelydra in the Rexroad Fauna from the Upper Pliocene of Kansas. Copeia 1963(4):708-709 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
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]
1891 C. W. Hibbard. 1969. The rabbits (Hypolagus and Pratilepus) from the upper Pliocene, Hagerman local fauna of Idaho. Michigan Academician 1(1):81-97 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
2440 R. A. Martin. 1989. Early Pleistocene Zapodid Rodents from the Java Local Fauna of North-Central South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(1):101-109 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
7594 C. Moseley and A. Feduccia. 1975. Upper Pliocene herons and ibises from North America. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 12:71-74 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
64804 T. M. Oelrich. 1952. A new Testudo from the upper Pliocene of Kansas with additional notes on associated Rexroad mammals. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 55(3):300-311 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
3751 M. O. Woodburne. 1961. Upper Pliocene geology and vertebrate paleontology of part of the Meade Basin, Kansas. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 46:61-94 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
37855% 37480R. J. Zakrzewski. 1967. The primitive role, Ogmodontomys, from the late Cenozoic of Kansas and Nebraska. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52(52):133-150 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Head]
3788 R. J. Zakrzewski. 1970. Notes on kangaroo rats from the Pliocene of southwestern Kansas, with the description of a new species. Journal of Paleontology 44(3):474-477 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]