Wendell Fox Pasture: Blancan, Kansas
collected 1962
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Ardeidae
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Egretta sp.
Forster 1817
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Moseley and Feduccia 1975 | |||||||||
Botaurus hibbardi n. sp.
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Moseley and Feduccia 1975 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Lampropeltis doliata
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
Lampropeltis getulus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
Elaphe obsoleta
(Say 1823)
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
Pituophis catenifer
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
Coluber constrictor
Linnaeus 1758
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
Natrix sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
= Nerodia sp.
Baird and Girard 1853
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Alroy 2009 | |||||||||
Thamnophis sp.
Fitzinger 1843
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
Heterodon plionasicus
Peters 1953
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Crotalus viridis
Rafinesque 1818
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
Agkistrodon contortix
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Crocopoda | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo rexroadensis n. sp.
Oelrich 1952
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Oelrich 1952 | |||||||||
synonym of Hesperotestudo orthopygia | ||||||||||
UMMP 28124 (holotype), parts of a shell and appendicular elements | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydra serpentina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Hibbard 1963 | |||||||||
1962 collection | ||||||||||
Macroclemys temmincki
(Troost 1835)
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Hibbard 1963 | |||||||||
recombined as Macrochelys temminckii | ||||||||||
1962 collection | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Stegomastodon rexroadensis
Woodburne 1961
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Woodburne 1961 | |||||||||
= Stegomastodon primitivus
Osborn 1936
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela meltoni n. sp.
Bjork 1973
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Bjork 1973 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon rexroadensis
Hibbard 1941
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Bjork 1973 | |||||||||
Bassariscus casei
Hibbard 1952
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Bjork 1973 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Buisnictis breviramus
(Hibbard 1941)
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Bjork 1973 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Bjork 1973 | |||||||||
Canis lepophagus
Johnston 1938
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Bjork 1973 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis rexroadensis
Stephens 1959
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Bjork 1973 | |||||||||
= Lynx ? rexroadensis
Stephens 1959
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
original and current combination Felis rexroadensis | ||||||||||
probably OK, see Werdelin 1985 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Nannippus sp.
(Matthew 1926)
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Dalquest and Donovan 1973 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Paracryptotis rex
Hibbard 1950
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus regalis
Hibbard 1939
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Hibbard 1969 | |||||||||
confirmed by White 1988 | ||||||||||
Nekrolagus progressus
(Hibbard 1939)
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Hibbard 1963 | |||||||||
confirmed by White 1991a | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Zapus sp.
Coues 1876
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Martin 1989 | |||||||||
said to be new | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Onychomys gidleyi
Hibbard 1941
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Carleton and Eshelman 1979 | |||||||||
Ogmodontomys poaphagus
Hibbard 1941
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Zakrzewski 1967 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Dipoides rexroadensis
Hibbard and Riggs 1949
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Woodburne 1961 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys jacobi
Hibbard 1967
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Hibbard 1967 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Prodipodomys rexroadensis
Hibbard 1954
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Zakrzewski 1970 | |||||||||
= Prodipodomys centralis
Hibbard 1941
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Meade |
Coordinates: | 37.1° North, 100.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.2° North, 99.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene | *Local age/stage: | Blancan |
Key time interval: | Blancan | ||
Age range of interval: | 4.70000 - 1.40000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandy siltstone |
Lithology description: "sandy silts" (Hibbard 1963) | |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Geology comments: "stream" (Hibbard 1963) |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | UMMP | Collection dates: | 1962 |
Taxonomic list comments:list is probably not complete |
Metadata
Also known as: | UM-K3-53; Wendell Fox Ranch | ||
Database number: | 19940 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-08-09 23:59:40 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1896. | C. W. Hibbard and P. R. Bjork. 1971. The Insectivores of the Hagerman Local Fauna, Upper Pliocene of Idaho. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 23(9):171-180 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
29343 | J. Alroy. 2009. High-handed opinions on taxonomy and other matters. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1070 | P. R. Bjork. 1973. Additional Carnivores from the Rexroad Formation (Upper Pliocene) of Southwestern Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 76(1):24-38 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
30836 | B. H. Brattstrom. 1967. A succession of Pliocene and Pleistocene snake faunas from the High Plains of the United States. Copeia 1967(1):188-202 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1172 | M. D. Carleton and R. E. Eshelman. 1979. A Synopsis of Fossil Grasshopper Mice, Genus Onychomys, and their Relationships to Recent Species . University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 21:1-63 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
1320 | W. W. Dalquest and T. J. Donovan. 1973. A new three-toed horse (Nannippus) from the late Pliocene of Scurry County, Texas. Journal of Paleontology 47(1):34-45 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1886 | C. W. Hibbard. 1963. The Origin of the P3 Pattern of Sylvilagus, Caprolagus, Oryctolagus and Lepus. Journal of Mammalogy 44(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
25018 | C. W. Hibbard. 1963. The presence of Macroclemys and Chelydra in the Rexroad Fauna from the Upper Pliocene of Kansas. Copeia 1963(4):708-709 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1890 | C. W. Hibbard. 1967. New rodents from the late Cenozoic of Kansas. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52:115-131 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
1891 | C. W. Hibbard. 1969. The rabbits (Hypolagus and Pratilepus) from the upper Pliocene, Hagerman local fauna of Idaho. Michigan Academician 1(1):81-97 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
2440 | R. A. Martin. 1989. Early Pleistocene Zapodid Rodents from the Java Local Fauna of North-Central South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(1):101-109 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
7594 | C. Moseley and A. Feduccia. 1975. Upper Pliocene herons and ibises from North America. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 12:71-74 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
64804 | T. M. Oelrich. 1952. A new Testudo from the upper Pliocene of Kansas with additional notes on associated Rexroad mammals. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 55(3):300-311 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
3751 | M. O. Woodburne. 1961. Upper Pliocene geology and vertebrate paleontology of part of the Meade Basin, Kansas. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 46:61-94 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
3785 | 5% 37480 | R. J. Zakrzewski. 1967. The primitive role, Ogmodontomys, from the late Cenozoic of Kansas and Nebraska. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52(52):133-150 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Head] |
3788 | R. J. Zakrzewski. 1970. Notes on kangaroo rats from the Pliocene of southwestern Kansas, with the description of a new species. Journal of Paleontology 44(3):474-477 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |