Nash (UM-K1-72) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Faunule A

Where: Meade County, Kansas (37.2° N, 100.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 100.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Crooked Creek Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: R. E. Eshelman and C. W. Hibbard. 1981. Nash Local Fauna (Pleistocene: Aftonian) of Meade County, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 25(16):317-326 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 20427: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.10.1995, edited by Jason Head

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Taxonomic list

• 1.2 m above Borchers fauna and below type S ash
"Prodipodomys sp." was identified by Hibbard but lost and not seen by Eshelman
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Ambystoma tigrinum3 Green 1825 tiger salamander
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
"Scaphiopus (Spea) bombifrons" = Spea bombifrons3
"Scaphiopus (Spea) bombifrons" = Spea bombifrons3 Cope 1863 Plains spadefoot
Reptilia
 Squamata - Scincidae
Eumeces obsoletus3 Baird and Girard 1852 Great plains skink
 Squamata - Teiidae
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus3 Linnaeus 1766 six-lined racerunner
 Squamata - Colubridae
Heterodon platyrhinos3 Latreille 1801 eastern hognosed snake
Lampropeltis calligaster3 Harlan 1827 prairie kingsnake
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Holbrookia maculata3 lesser earless lizard
Phrynosoma cornutum3 horned lizard
Sceloporus undulatus3 Bosc 1802 eastern fence lizard
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys cf. tobinensis Hibbard 1944 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus cf. pearlettensis Hibbard 1941 pocket mouse
Perognathus cf. gidleyi Hibbard 1941 pocket mouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cynomys hibbardi2 Eshelman 1975 prairie dog
from "Nash"; apparently includes "C. ? meadensis" DUPLICATE REF 1684 or 1685
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel
"Spermophilus cf. franklinii" = Poliocitellus franklinii1 Sabine 1822 Franklin's gruond squirrel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mictomys kansasensis1 Hibbard 1952 bog lemming
Onychomys cf. hollisteri Carleton and Eshelman 1979 grasshopper mouse
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Ictaluridae
Ictalurus punctatus Rafinesque 1818 catfish