WaKeeny (KU Locality 29): Clarendonian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ictaluridae
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Ictalurus lambda
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Brodkorb 1962 | |||||||||
| catfish | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Nettion ogallalae n. sp.
Brodkorb 1962
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Brodkorb 1962 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| new species of Teal | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Pseudemys sp.
Gray 1856
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| "large" | ||||||||||
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= Emydidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Holman 1975 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Eucastor phillisi n. sp.
Wilson 1968
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| recombined as Prodipoides phillisi | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Epigaulus minor n. sp.
Hibbard and Phillis 1945
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| (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
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= Ceratogaulus minor
Hibbard and Phillis 1945
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| see Hibbard and Phillis 1945; | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Merycodus sp.
Leidy 1854
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= Merycodontinae indet.
Matthew 1904
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| locality not given but seems to be Locality 29 based on catalogue numbers | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Procamelus sp.
Leidy 1858
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= Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Calippus martini
Hesse 1936
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Hulbert 1989 | |||||||||
| pers. commun.: "Astrohippus sp." | ||||||||||
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Griphippus sp.
Quinn 1955
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= cf. Pseudhipparion sp.
Ameghino 1904
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Neohipparion cf. affine
(Leidy 1869)
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Nannippus sp.
(Matthew 1926)
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Hulbert 1989 | |||||||||
| pers. commun.: "A"; "Hipparion cf. lenticularis" | ||||||||||
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Neohipparion cf. occidentale
(Leidy 1856)
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= Hippotherium sp.
Kaup 1832
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Trego |
| Coordinates: | 39.1° North, 99.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.3° North, 97.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| *Period: | Late/Upper Tertiary | *Epoch: | Late/Upper Miocene | *Local age/stage: | Middle Clarendonian - Late/Upper Clarendonian |
| Key time interval: | Clarendonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 12.50000 - 9.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | pebbly argillaceous,sandy siltstone |
| Lithology description: "gray to tan sandy silt with clay, pebbles, and some basal gravel... locally cemented with calcium carbonate" | |
| Environment: | "floodplain" |
| Geology comments: "flood-plain deposit" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),sieve,field collection |
| Collection size: | 14 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Nettion specimen was collected by Claude W. Hibbard and Jerry Paulson, August 2, 1959 | |
| Taxonomic list comments:includes deleted duplicate Hunter/Hall collection record 29068 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | upper Unit A | ||
| Database number: | 18449 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Hunter | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Hall |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2011-03-25 03:24:21 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3676. | R. L. Wilson. 1968. Systematics and faunal analysis of a Lower Pliocene vertebrate assemblage from Trego County, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 22(7):75-126 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 1952 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1989. Phylogenetic Interrelationships and Evolution of North American Late Equidae. In D. R. Prothero and R. M. Schoch (eds.), The Evolution of Perissodactyls [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |