Arkalon: Irvingtonian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoroides sp.
Foster 1838
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus calobatus
(Troxell 1915)
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synonym of Equus francisci | ||||||||||
Equus scotti
Gidley 1900
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synonym of Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Canis edwardii
Gazin 1942
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Nowak 1979 | |||||||||
"C. priscolatrans" of Kurten and Anderson 1980 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus haroldcooki
(Hay 1928)
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= Mammuthus imperator
Leidy 1858
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Madden 1983 | |||||||||
synonym of Mammuthus columbi | ||||||||||
"M. columbi" of Madden 1980 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Seward |
Coordinates: | 37.1° North, 100.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.1° North, 100.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Irvingtonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 1.80000 - 0.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | "Crooked Creek" |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:stratigraphic level unclear in light of Zakrzewski 1975 specimen Mammuthus cf. imperator from channel cut into main fossiliferous level |
Metadata
Database number: | 20148 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1870. | C. W. Hibbard. 1953. The Insectivores of the Rexroad Fauna, Upper Pliocene of Kansas. Journal of Paleontology 27(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
2391 | C. T. Madden. 1983. More earliest isotopically dated Mammuthus from North America. Quaternary Research 19(2):275-277 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
2673 | R. M. Nowak. 1979. North American Quaternary Canis. Monograph of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas 6:1-154 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |