Kanopolis: Irvingtonian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. Illiger 1811
"gomphothere or mastodon"
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus cf. columbi (Falconer 1857)
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina septentrionalis (Leidy 1889)
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani (Owen 1840)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus niobrarensis Hay 1913
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus veroensis Sellards 1918
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832
Mammalia - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia cf. seymourensis (Hibbard and Dalquest 1962)
synonym of Hemiauchenia macrocephala
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus nasutus (Leidy 1868)
    = Mylohyus fossilis Leidy 1860
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Smilodon sp. Lund 1841
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutra canadensis (Schreber 1776)
    = Lontra canadensis Schreber 1776
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitis cf. mephitis (Schreber 1776)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Soricidae
Blarina sp. Gray 1838
    = Blarina brevicauda Say 1823
Jones et al. 1984
Cryptotis parva (Say 1823)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus floridanus (Allen 1890)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cynomys sp. Rafinesque 1817
    = Cynomys spenceri Goodwin 1995
Goodwin 1995
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus hispidus Baird 1858
    = Chaetodipus hispidus Baird 1858
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839
Geomys bursarius (Shaw 1800)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides cf. ohioensis Foster 1838
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapus sandersi Hibbard 1956
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neofiber leonardi Hibbard 1943
Peromyscus cf. cragini Hibbard 1944
Peromyscus cf. progressus Hibbard 1960
Ondatra nebrascensis (Hollister 1911)
    = Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766
Alroy 2002
Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815)
Pitymys llanensis (Hibbard 1944)
    = Pedomys llanensis Hibbard 1944
Alroy 2002
original and current combination Microtus llanensis
Neotoma cf. floridana (Ord 1818)
Reithrodontomys humulis (Audubon and Bachman 1841)
Reptilia - Scincidae
Eumeces (cf. Eumeces) fasciatus Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1972 1 specimen
Reptilia - Colubridae
Thamnophis (cf. Thamnophis) sirtalis Linnaeus
Holman 1972 22 specimens
Heterodon indet. Latreille 1801
Holman 1972 3 specimens
Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811
Holman 1972 13 specimens
Pituophis melanoleucus (Daudin 1803)
Holman 1972 10 specimens
Coluber indet. Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1972 4 specimens
Natricinae indet. Bonaparte 1838
Holman 1972 22 specimens
Regina grahami
Holman 1972 4 specimens
Natrix sipedon (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman 1972 24 specimens
recombined as Nerodia sipedon
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Sistrurus catenatus
Holman 1972 1 specimen
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus attenuatus Cope 1880
Holman 1972 2 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman 1972 1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx spinifer (LeSueur 1827)
Holman 1972 1 specimen
recombined as Apalone spinifera
Holman 1972 18 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Graptemys geographica (Le Sueur 1817)
Holman 1972 1 specimen
Pseudemys scripta (Schoepff 1792)
Holman 1972 16 specimens
recombined as Trachemys scripta
Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Sternotherus odoratus Latreille 1801
Holman 1972 87 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana pipiens Schreber 1782
Holman 1972 125 specimens
Rana catesbeiana Shaw 1802
Holman 1972 5 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae
Acris crepitans Baird 1854
Holman 1972 12 specimens
Hyla versicolor Le Conte 1825
Holman 1972 2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Ellsworth
Coordinates: 38.7° North, 98.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.7° North, 97.9° 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
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
Database number:20390
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Head Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Head
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-07-15 18:48:49
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
1912. C. W. Hibbard, R. J. Zakrzewski, R. E. Eshelman, G. Edmund, C. D. Griggs and C. Griggs. 1978. Mammals from the Kanopolis Local Fauna, Pleistocene (Yarmouth) of Ellsworth County, Kansa. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 25(2):11-44 [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]
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]
45738 J. A. Holman. 1972. Herpetofauna of the Kanopolis Local Fauna (Pleistocene: Yarmouth) of Kansas. Michigan Academician V(1):87-98 [J. Head/J. Head]
2046 C. A. Jones, J. R. Choate, and H. H. Genoways. 1984. Phylogeny and Paleobiogeography of Short-tailed Shrews (Genus Blarina). In H. H. Genoways and M. R. Dawson (eds.), Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 8:56-148 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]