Butler Spring (KU Locality 7): Irvingtonian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emys twentei n. sp.
Taylor 1943
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Taylor 1943 | |||||||||
| synonym of Emydoidea blandingii | ||||||||||
| KU 6478 (holotype), a partial carapace (Taylor 1943, pl. 20) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Gopherus sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops kansanus
Leidy 1854
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= Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Tanupolama macrocephala
(Cope 1893)
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| recombined as Hemiauchenia macrocephala | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus cf. compressus
Leconte 1848
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| two forms | ||||||||||
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Equus cf. scotti
Gidley 1900
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| synonym of Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus | ||||||||||
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Equus cf. calobatus
(Troxell 1915)
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| synonym of Equus francisci | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis atrox
Leidy 1853
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| recombined as Panthera leo atrox | ||||||||||
| "Felis (Panthera) atrox" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis dirus
Leidy 1858
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| recombined as Aenocyon dirus | ||||||||||
| confirmed by Nowak 1979 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Meade |
| Coordinates: | 37.0° North, 100.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.5° North, 100.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 2430 feet | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Irvingtonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | brown,gray siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: "light-brown to light-gray silt to fine sand" | |
| Environment: | sinkhole |
| Geology comments: "of sinkhole origin" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:"Equus cf. calobatus" is called into question by Hulbert 1995b | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Cragin Quarry, in part | ||
| Database number: | 20166 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2004-03-09 16:41:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3081. | 5% 40280 | G. E. Schultz. 1969. Geology and paleontology of a late Pleistocene basin in southwest kansas. Geological Society of America Special Paper 105:1-85 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Head] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 64776 | E. H. Taylor. 1943. An extinct turtle of the genus Emys from the Pleistocene of Kansas. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 29:249-254 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |