Tobin: Irvingtonian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Microtus sp.
Schrank 1798
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Pitymys meadensis
Hibbard 1944
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= Terricola meadensis
Hibbard 1944
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Alroy 2002 | ||||||
| recombined as Microtus meadensis | |||||||
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Microtus paroperarius
Hibbard 1944
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys tobinensis
(Hibbard 1944)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus richardsonii
(Sabine 1822)
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| recombined as Urocitellus richardsonii | |||||||
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Spermophilus lorisrusselli
Hibbard 1976
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Russell |
| Coordinates: | 38.9° North, 98.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.9° North, 98.6° 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: | "Meade" |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:"underlies a Pearlette-like ash" originally described by Hibbard 1944 from a smaller collection not mentioned by Kurten and Anderson 1980 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | KU Locality 4 | ||
| Database number: | 20553 | ||
| 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 | ||