Rexroad KU Locality 2a ( of the United States)

Where: Meade County, Kansas (37.2° N, 100.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 99.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: upper Member (Rexroad Formation), Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1970. in Dort and Jones [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 19935: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• includes some material originally said to be from "Locality 2"; however, the quarry was not discovered until 1938
NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec 22 T 33 S R 29 W
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Lynx rexroadensis" = Felis rexroadensis4
"Lynx rexroadensis" = Felis rexroadensis4 Stephens 1959 cat
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus bicalcaratus Cope 1893 peccary
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
"Hesperoscalops rexroadi n. sp." = Scalopus rexroadi
"Hesperoscalops rexroadi n. sp." = Scalopus rexroadi Hibbard 1941 mole
see Hibbard and Riggs 1949
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex taylori Hibbard 1937 long-tailed shrew
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Pratilepus kansasensis3 Hibbard 1939 rabbit
presumably i.d. of Hibbard 1941b from "Locality 2"
Notolagus lepusculus3 Hibbard 1939 rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Bensonomys eliasi" = Calomys (Bensonomys) eliasi1 Hibbard 1937 mouse
Onychomys gidleyi Hibbard 1941 grasshopper mouse
presumably the type from "Locality 2": see Hibbard 1941b
Neotoma quadriplicata1 Hibbard 1941 pack rat
Symmetrodontomys simplicidens Hibbard 1941 mouse
presumably the referred specimen from "Locality 2" of Hibbard 1941a
Ogmodontomys poaphagus5 Hibbard 1941 mouse
presumably the referred specimen from "Locality 2" of Hibbard 1941a
Sigmodon minor1 Gidley 1922 cotton rat
Baiomys rexroadi n. sp.2 Hibbard 1941 pygmy mouse
2a and not 2 according to Hibbard 1950; omitted by Hibbard 1970c apparently by mistake
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Nerterogeomys minor1 Gidley 1922 pocket gopher