Also known as KU-MEA-009; Locality 9
Where: Meade County, Kansas (37.2° N, 100.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 99.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Atwater Member (Crooked Creek Formation), Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• overlies Pearlette type "B" ash, dated at 1.96 (= 2.01) +/- 0.05 Ma (KA on sanidine) by Naeser et al. 1973
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; volcaniclastic siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1970. in Dort and Jones [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 19927: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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? Rhinocheilus lecontei2, Heterodon nasicus2, Pituophis catenifer2, Lampropeltis doliata2, Lampropeltis getulus2, Elaphe cf. obsoleta2, Coluber constrictor2
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Mammalia | |
Perognathus gidleyi, Perognathus pearlettensis n. sp., Prodipodomys tiheni1, Dipodomys hibbardi n. sp.8
Perognathus gidleyi Hibbard 1941 pocket mouse | |
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher | |
Spermophilus "sp. morph B"5, Spermophilus "sp. morph A"5, Spermophilus meadensis n. sp., Spermophilus cragini n. sp.
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Zapus burti n. sp.
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Mictomys vetus1, Neotoma taylori n. sp., Reithrodontomys pratincola n. sp., Sigmodon minor1, Ondatra cf. idahoensis, Onychomys pedroensis, Onychomys hollisteri n. sp.3
Ondatra cf. idahoensis Wilson 1933 muskrat described as "Pliopotamys" by Hibbard 1956, see Hibbard 1959
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Lepus cf. californicus Gray 1837 black-tailed jackrabbit confirmed by White 1991a; includes "Nekrolagus" according to Hibbard 1963a
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Spilogale putorius Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk | |
"Mustela cf. frenata" = Neogale frenata4
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Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel | |
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848 peccary | |
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866 pronghorn | |
Equus cf. giganteus Gidley 1901 horse | |
Sorex taylori Hibbard 1937 long-tailed shrew |