Flohr Gravel Pit (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: McPherson County, Kansas (38.3° N, 97.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.5° N, 97.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: McPherson Formation, Irvingtonian (1.4 - 0.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: H. A. Semken, Jr. 1966. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the McPherson Equus Beds (Sandahl Local Fauna), McPherson County, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 20(6):121-178 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 20332: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jason Head

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
"Pedomys ochrogaster" = Microtus ochrogaster1 Wagner 1842 prairie vole
Ondatra zibethicus1 Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Onychomys sp. Baird 1858 grasshopper mouse
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Chaetodipus hispidus1 Baird 1858 hispid pocket mouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Spermophilus richardsonii" = Urocitellus richardsonii1 Sabine 1822 Holarctic ground squirrel
Cynomys ludovicianus Ord 1815 black-tailed prairie dog
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus1 Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus fossilis3 Leidy 1860 peccary
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus niobrarensis Hay 1913 horse
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Natricinae indet.2 Bonaparte 1838 colubrid snake
"Natrix sipedon" = Nerodia sipedon2 Linnaeus 1758 northern water snake
Tropidoclonion lineatum2 colubrid snake
Heterodon (cf. Heterodon) platyrhinos2 Latreille 1801 eastern hognosed snake
 Squamata - Scincidae
Eumeces sp.2 Wiegmann 1834 skink
 Testudines - Emydidae
Pseudemys sp.2 Gray 1856 cooter
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Ambystoma tigrinum2 Green 1825 tiger salamander
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
"Scaphiopus bombifrons" = Spea bombifrons2
"Scaphiopus bombifrons" = Spea bombifrons2 Cope 1863 Plains spadefoot
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo woodhousei2 Girard 1854 Woodhouse's toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana pipiens2 Schreber 1782 Northern leopard frog