White Rock Sandpit Loc. ( of the United States)

Also known as UM-K7-72

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 19947: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma leucopetrica3, Sigmodon minor, Hibbardomys voorhiesi2
Neotoma leucopetrica3 Zakrzewski 1991 pack rat
Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922 cotton rat
Hibbardomys voorhiesi2 Zakrzewski 1984 mouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus boothi
Spermophilus boothi Hibbard 1972 ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp.
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet.
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus cf. simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens
"Equus cf. simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens Cope 1892 horse
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Capromeryx sp.
Capromeryx sp. Matthew 1902 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Gigantocamelus sp., Hemiauchenia cf. macrocephala1
Gigantocamelus sp. Barbour and Schultz 1939 camel
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus sp.
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848 peccary
1Alroy 2002; 2Zakrzewski 1984; 3Zakrzewski 1991