Flohr Gravel Pit: Irvingtonian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Neotoma sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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Onychomys sp.
Baird 1858
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Microtus pennsylvanicus
(Ord 1815)
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Microtus ochrogaster
(Wagner 1842)
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= Pedomys ochrogaster
Wagner 1842
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| recombined as Microtus ochrogaster | ||||||||||
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Ondatra nebrascensis
(Hollister 1911)
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= Ondatra zibethicus
Linnaeus 1766
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Cynomys ludovicianus
(Ord 1815)
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Citellus tridecemlineatus
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= Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
Mitchell 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Citellus richardsonii
(Sabine 1822)
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= Spermophilus richardsonii
Sabine 1822
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| recombined as Urocitellus richardsonii | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Perognathus hispidus
Baird 1858
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= Chaetodipus hispidus
Baird 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus niobrarensis
Hay 1913
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Mylohyus nasutus
(Leidy 1868)
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= Mylohyus fossilis
Leidy 1860
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Semken and Griggs 1965 | |||||||||
| apparently overlooked by Semken 1966 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Pseudemys sp.
Gray 1856
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Holman 1971 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Heterodon (cf. Heterodon) platyrhinos
(Latreille 1801)
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Holman 1971 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Natricinae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Holman 1971 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
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Natrix sipedon
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1971 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Nerodia sipedon | ||||||||||
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Tropidoclonion lineatum
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Holman 1971 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Scincidae
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Eumeces sp.
Wiegmann 1834
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Holman 1971 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Ambystoma tigrinum
(Green 1825)
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Holman 1971 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Scaphiopus bombifrons
Cope 1863
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Holman 1971 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Spea bombifrons | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo woodhousei
Girard 1854
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Holman 1971 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana pipiens
Schreber 1782
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Holman 1971 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | McPherson |
| Coordinates: | 38.3° North, 97.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.3° North, 97.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
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: | McPherson |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
| Database number: | 20332 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Head | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Head | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3099. | H. A. Semken, Jr. 1966. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the McPherson Equus Beds (Sandahl Local Fauna), McPherson County, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 20(6):121-178 [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] | |
| 45663 | J. A. Holman. 1971. Herpetofauna of the Sandahl Local fauna (Pleistocene: Illinoian) of Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, the University of Michigan 23(22):349-355 [J. Head/J. Head] | |
| 3100 | H. A. Semken and C. D. Griggs. 1965. The long-nosed peccary, Mylohyus nasutus from McPherson County, Kansas. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 50:267-274 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |