Kanopolis: Irvingtonian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Graptemys geographica
(Le Sueur 1817)
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Holman 1972 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Pseudemys scripta
(Schoepff 1792)
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Holman 1972 | 16 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Trachemys scripta | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydra serpentina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1972 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Sternotherus odoratus
Latreille 1801
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Holman 1972 | 87 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx indet.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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Holman 1972 | 18 specimens | ||||||||
Trionyx spinifer
(LeSueur 1827)
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Holman 1972 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Apalone spinifera | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Ophisaurus attenuatus
Cope 1880
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Holman 1972 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Scincidae
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Eumeces (cf. Eumeces) fasciatus
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1972 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Natricinae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Holman 1972 | 22 specimens | ||||||||
Regina grahami
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Holman 1972 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Natrix sipedon
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1972 | 24 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Nerodia sipedon | ||||||||||
Thamnophis (cf. Thamnophis) sirtalis
Linnaeus
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Holman 1972 | 22 specimens | ||||||||
Heterodon indet.
Latreille 1801
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Holman 1972 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Colubrinae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Holman 1972 | 13 specimens | ||||||||
Coluber indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1972 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Pituophis melanoleucus
(Daudin 1803)
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Holman 1972 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Sistrurus catenatus
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Holman 1972 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pampatheriidae
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Holmesina septentrionalis
(Leidy 1889)
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Paramylodon harlani
(Owen 1840)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Proboscidea
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Proboscidea indet.
Illiger 1811
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"gomphothere or mastodon" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus cf. columbi
(Falconer 1857)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Smilodon sp.
Lund 1841
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Lutra canadensis
(Schreber 1776)
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= Lontra canadensis
Schreber 1776
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Mephitis cf. mephitis
(Schreber 1776)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes sp.
Frisch 1775
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus niobrarensis
Hay 1913
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus veroensis
Sellards 1918
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recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis | ||||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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Hemiauchenia cf. seymourensis
(Hibbard and Dalquest 1962)
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synonym of Hemiauchenia macrocephala | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Mylohyus nasutus
(Leidy 1868)
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= Mylohyus fossilis
Leidy 1860
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Cryptotis parva
(Say 1823)
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Blarina sp.
Gray 1838
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= Blarina brevicauda
Say 1823
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Jones et al. 1984 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scalopus aquaticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Cynomys sp.
Rafinesque 1817
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= Cynomys spenceri
Goodwin 1995
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Goodwin 1995 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoroides cf. ohioensis
Foster 1838
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Perognathus hispidus
Baird 1858
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= Chaetodipus hispidus
Baird 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Thomomys sp.
Wied-Neuwied 1839
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Geomys bursarius
(Shaw 1800)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Neofiber leonardi
Hibbard 1943
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Ondatra nebrascensis
(Hollister 1911)
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= Ondatra zibethicus
Linnaeus 1766
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Microtus pennsylvanicus
(Ord 1815)
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Pitymys llanensis
(Hibbard 1944)
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= Pedomys llanensis
Hibbard 1944
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
original and current combination Microtus llanensis | ||||||||||
Neotoma cf. floridana
(Ord 1818)
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Peromyscus cf. cragini
Hibbard 1944
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Peromyscus cf. progressus
Hibbard 1960
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Reithrodontomys humulis
(Audubon and Bachman 1841)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Zapus sandersi
Hibbard 1956
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus floridanus
(Allen 1890)
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana pipiens
Schreber 1782
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Holman 1972 | 125 specimens | ||||||||
Rana catesbeiana
Shaw 1802
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Holman 1972 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Hylidae
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Hyla versicolor
Le Conte 1825
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Holman 1972 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Acris crepitans
Baird 1854
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Holman 1972 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Ellsworth |
Coordinates: | 38.7° North, 98.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 38.7° North, 97.9° 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
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
Database number: | 20390 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Head | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Head |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-07-15 18:48:49 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1912. | C. W. Hibbard, R. J. Zakrzewski, R. E. Eshelman, G. Edmund, C. D. Griggs and C. Griggs. 1978. Mammals from the Kanopolis Local Fauna, Pleistocene (Yarmouth) of Ellsworth County, Kansa. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 25(2):11-44 [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] | |
1685 | H. T. Goodwin. 1995. Systematic revision of fossil prairie dogs with descriptions of two new species. University of Kansas Natural History Museum Miscellaneous Publications 86:1-38 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
45738 | J. A. Holman. 1972. Herpetofauna of the Kanopolis Local Fauna (Pleistocene: Yarmouth) of Kansas. Michigan Academician V(1):87-98 [J. Head/J. Head] | |
2046 | C. A. Jones, J. R. Choate, and H. H. Genoways. 1984. Phylogeny and Paleobiogeography of Short-tailed Shrews (Genus Blarina). In H. H. Genoways and M. R. Dawson (eds.), Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 8:56-148 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |