Kanopolis: Irvingtonian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Graptemys geographica (Le Sueur 1817)
Holman 1972 1 specimen
Pseudemys scripta (Schoepff 1792)
Holman 1972 16 specimens
recombined as Trachemys scripta
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman 1972 1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Sternotherus odoratus Latreille 1801
Holman 1972 87 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Holman 1972 18 specimens
Trionyx spinifer (LeSueur 1827)
Holman 1972 1 specimen
recombined as Apalone spinifera
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus attenuatus Cope 1880
Holman 1972 2 specimens
Reptilia - Scincidae
Eumeces (cf. Eumeces) fasciatus Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1972 1 specimen
Reptilia - Colubridae
Natricinae indet. Bonaparte 1838
Holman 1972 22 specimens
Regina grahami
Holman 1972 4 specimens
Natrix sipedon (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman 1972 24 specimens
recombined as Nerodia sipedon
Thamnophis (cf. Thamnophis) sirtalis Linnaeus
Holman 1972 22 specimens
Heterodon indet. Latreille 1801
Holman 1972 3 specimens
Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811
Holman 1972 13 specimens
Coluber indet. Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1972 4 specimens
Pituophis melanoleucus (Daudin 1803)
Holman 1972 10 specimens
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Sistrurus catenatus
Holman 1972 1 specimen
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina septentrionalis (Leidy 1889)
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani (Owen 1840)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. Illiger 1811
"gomphothere or mastodon"
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus cf. columbi (Falconer 1857)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Smilodon sp. Lund 1841
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lutra canadensis (Schreber 1776)
    = Lontra canadensis Schreber 1776
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitis cf. mephitis (Schreber 1776)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus niobrarensis Hay 1913
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus veroensis Sellards 1918
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Hemiauchenia cf. seymourensis (Hibbard and Dalquest 1962)
synonym of Hemiauchenia macrocephala
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus nasutus (Leidy 1868)
    = Mylohyus fossilis Leidy 1860
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832
Mammalia - Soricidae
Cryptotis parva (Say 1823)
Blarina sp. Gray 1838
    = Blarina brevicauda Say 1823
Jones et al. 1984
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cynomys sp. Rafinesque 1817
    = Cynomys spenceri Goodwin 1995
Goodwin 1995
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides cf. ohioensis Foster 1838
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus hispidus Baird 1858
    = Chaetodipus hispidus Baird 1858
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839
Geomys bursarius (Shaw 1800)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neofiber leonardi Hibbard 1943
Ondatra nebrascensis (Hollister 1911)
    = Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766
Alroy 2002
Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815)
Pitymys llanensis (Hibbard 1944)
    = Pedomys llanensis Hibbard 1944
Alroy 2002
original and current combination Microtus llanensis
Neotoma cf. floridana (Ord 1818)
Peromyscus cf. cragini Hibbard 1944
Peromyscus cf. progressus Hibbard 1960
Reithrodontomys humulis (Audubon and Bachman 1841)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapus sandersi Hibbard 1956
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus floridanus (Allen 1890)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana pipiens Schreber 1782
Holman 1972 125 specimens
Rana catesbeiana Shaw 1802
Holman 1972 5 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae
Hyla versicolor Le Conte 1825
Holman 1972 2 specimens
Acris crepitans Baird 1854
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]