Cragin Quarry Locality 1: Irvingtonian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Crotalus viridis Rafinesque 1818
Brattstrom 1967
"Cragin Quarry"
Agkistrodon contortix
Brattstrom 1967
nomen dubium belonging to Crocopoda
"Cragin Quarry"
Reptilia - Colubridae
Heterodon sp. Latreille 1801
Brattstrom 1967
"probably near platyrhinos" and from "Cragin Quarry"
Thamnophis sp. Fitzinger 1843
Brattstrom 1967
"Cragin Quarry"
? Diadophis sp. Baird and Girard 1853
Brattstrom 1967
"Cragin Quarry"
Storeria sp. Baird and Girard 1853
Brattstrom 1967
"Cragin Quarry"
Lampropeltis getulus (Linnaeus 1766)
Brattstrom 1967
"Cragin Quarry"
Coluber constrictor Linnaeus 1758
Brattstrom 1967
"Cragin Quarry"
Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768
Brattstrom 1967
"Cragin Quarry"
    = Nerodia sp. Baird and Girard 1853
Alroy 2009
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus columbi (Falconer 1857)
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani (Owen 1840)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus hispidus Baird 1858
    = Chaetodipus hispidus Baird 1858
Alroy 2002
Dipodomys cf. ordii Woodhouse 1853
Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875
additional "Perognathus sp."
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys bursarius (Shaw 1800)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cynomys ludovicianus (Ord 1815)
    = Cynomys niobrarius Hay 1921
Goodwin 1995
Citellus tridecemlineatus
    = Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Peromyscus progressus n. sp. Hibbard 1960
Peromyscus cf. cochrani Hibbard 1955
Neotoma micropus Baird 1855
Reithrodontomys megalotis (Baird 1858)
Pedomys sp. Baird 1858
synonym of Microtus
Onychomys cf. leucogaster (Wied-Neuwied 1841)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera atrox (Leidy 1853)
recombined as Panthera leo atrox
see also Simpson 1941b
Felis concolor Linnaeus 1771
recombined as Puma concolor
see also Simpson 1941b
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes velox (Say 1823)
probably OK: Anderson 1984
Aenocyon dirus (Leidy 1858)
    = Canis dirus Leidy 1858
Alroy 2002
recombined as Aenocyon dirus
confirmed by Nowak 1979
Canis latrans Say 1823
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Spilogale interrupta (Rafinesque 1820)
    = Spilogale putorius Linnaeus 1758
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops kansanus Leidy 1854
    = Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Alroy 2002
Tanupolama sp. Stock 1928
    = Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus cf. compressus Leconte 1848
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Capromeryx furcifer Matthew 1902
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Equus conversidens Owen 1869
Equus scotti Gidley 1900
synonym of Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus
Mammalia - Soricidae
Notiosorex crawfordi (Coues 1877)
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Dasypterus golliheri n. sp. Hibbard 1960
recombined as Lasiurus golliheri
a bat
Lasiurus cinereus (Palisot de Beauvois 1796)
a bat
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Meade
Coordinates: 37.2° North, 100.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.2° North, 100.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Irvingtonian
Age range of interval:1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kingsdown Member:upper
Local section:Meade Local bed:10
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories:USGS
Taxonomic list comments:originally reported by Hibbard 1939c
list of Hibbard 1970c includes Butler Spring and other authors include the upper Butler Spring sites in the "Cragin Quarry" fauna; Hibbard and Taylor mention three other "Cragin Quarry" sites (Localities 2, 3, 4) but no records are given
Metadata
Also known as:Big Springs Loc. 1; KU Locality 6; USGS 21274
Database number:20295
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-03-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-07-15 19:02:39
Access level:the public Released:1995-03-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
1907. C. W. Hibbard and D. W. Taylor. 1960. Two Late Pleistocene Faunas from Southwestern Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 16(1):1-223 [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]
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]
1685 H. T. Goodwin. 1995. Systematic revision of fossil prairie dogs with descriptions of two new species. University of Kansas Natural History Museum Miscellaneous Publications 86:1-38 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]