White Rock South Loc. ( of the United States)

Also known as UM-K5-72

Where: Republic County, Kansas (39.9° N, 97.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 97.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: R. E. Eshelman. 1975. Geology and Paleontology of the Early Pleistocene (Late Blancan) White Rock Fauna from North-Central Kansas. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 13:1-60 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 19945: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848 peccary
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex aff. sandersi Hibbard 1956 long-tailed shrew
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus voorhiesi2 White 1988 rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Onychomys sp. Baird 1858 grasshopper mouse
Pliophenacomys osborni Martin 1972 mouse
OK, Zakrzewski 1984
Neotoma leucopetrica4 Zakrzewski 1991 pack rat
Hibbardomys marthae3 Zakrzewski 1984 mouse
Hibbardomys voorhiesi3 Zakrzewski 1984 mouse
Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922 cotton rat
Ondatra idahoensis Wilson 1933 muskrat
Plioctomys cf. rinkeri1 Hibbard 1956 mouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus boothi Hibbard 1972 ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758 beaver
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Prodipodomys sp. Hibbard 1939 rodent
Perognathinae indet.1 Coues 1875 rodent