Little Sioux (Lower): Irvingtonian, Iowa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamias sp. Illinger 1811
    = Tamiini indet.
Alroy 2002
synonym of Marmotini
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synaptomys meltoni Paulson 1961
    = Mictomys meltoni Paulson 1961
Alroy 2002
Microtus paroperarius Hibbard 1944
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex cf. dispar Batchelder 1896
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Iowa County:Harrison
Coordinates: 41.8° North, 96.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.8° North, 95.8° 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:1.80000 - 0.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:LitSx Local bed:1
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Metadata
Database number:20407
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
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:

1462. R. Eshelman and M. Hager. 1984. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 8 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]