Hammann Gravel Pit: Irvingtonian, Kansas
collected 1887
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx leidyi n. sp.
Lindahl 1892
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Paramylodon cf. harlani
(Owen 1840)
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Semken 1966 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Dinobastis sp.
Cope 1893
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Semken 1966 | |||||||||
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= Homotherium sp.
Fabrini 1890
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| old record of "Smilodon" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus cf. conversidens
Owen 1869
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Semken 1966 | |||||||||
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Equus niobrarensis
Hay 1913
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Semken 1966 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus columbi
(Falconer 1857)
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Semken 1966 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
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
| Primary lithology: | gravel |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1887 |
| Taxonomic list comments:see also Hibbard 1952 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Harper | ||
| Database number: | 20353 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2019-11-26 15:04:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 71070. | J. Lindahl. 1892. Description of a skull of Megalonyx leidyi, n. sp. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 17(1):1-10 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 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] |