Mt. Scott (UM-K2-59): Irvingtonian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Lasiurus cinereus
(Palisot de Beauvois 1796)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison cf. latifrons
(Harlan 1825)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela vison
(Schreber 1777)
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| recombined as Neogale vison | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex cinereus
Kerr 1792
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Jammot 1972 | |||||||||
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= Sorex scottensis n. sp.
Jammot 1972
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Sorex palustris
Richardson 1828
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Sorex arcticus
Kerr 1792
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Blarina brevicauda
(Say 1823)
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= Blarina carolinensis
Bachman 1837
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| "Blarina brevicauda carolinensis": confirmed by Jones et al. 1984 DUPLICATE REF 1886 or 1887 or 1888 | ||||||||||
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Cryptotis parva
(Say 1823)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus sp.
Gray 1867
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Cynomys sp.
Rafinesque 1817
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Citellus sp.
Oken 1816
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= Spermophilus sp.
Cuvier 1825
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Citellus tridecemlineatus
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= Spermophilus cf. tridecemlineatus
Mitchell 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys sp.
Rafinesque 1817
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Zapus hudsonius
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Peromyscus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Peromyscus berendsensis
Starrett 1956
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Peromyscus progressus
Hibbard 1960
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Oryzomys fossilis
Hibbard 1955
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= Oryzomys palustris
Harlan 1837
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Ondatra zibethicus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Pedomys ochrogaster
(Wagner 1842)
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| recombined as Microtus ochrogaster | ||||||||||
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Microtus pennsylvanicus
(Ord 1815)
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Neotoma cf. floridana
(Ord 1818)
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Synaptomys australis
Simpson 1928
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Reithrodontomys sp.
Giglioli 1874
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Thamnophis proximus
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Holman 1987 | |||||||||
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Storeria cf. dekayi
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Holman 1987 | |||||||||
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Pituophis melanoleucus
(Daudin 1803)
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Holman 1987 | |||||||||
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Coluber cf. constrictor
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1987 | |||||||||
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Lampropeltis getulus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Holman 1987 | |||||||||
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Regina grahami
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Holman 1987 | |||||||||
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Nerodia sipedon
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1987 | |||||||||
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Diadophis punctatus
Linnaeus
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Holman 1987 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Crotalinae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Holman 1987 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Crotalidae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Ophisaurus attenuatus
Cope 1880
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Holman 1987 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Terrapene carolina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1987 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1987 | |||||||||
| "pipiens complex" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Meade |
| Coordinates: | 37.2° North, 100.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.2° North, 100.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| 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: | gray,green sandy siltstone |
| Lithology description: "greenish-gray, sandy silt" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: "27 tons of matrix were removed from the quarry for washing" | |
| Taxonomic list comments:there are three "Cragin Quarry" localities in the same quarter of the same section but at a higher stratigraphic level: see Hibbard and Taylor 1960 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | The Lookout | ||
| Database number: | 20423 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-06-07 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-07-10 16:36:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-06-07 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1887. | C. W. Hibbard. 1963. A late Illinoian fauna from Kansas and its climatic significance. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 48:187-221 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 782 | 5% 23960 | J. A. Holman. 1987. Climatic significance of a Late Illinoian herpetofauna from southwestern Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(5):129-141 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy] |
| 2013 | D. Jammot. 1972. Principes et methodes d'une etude moderne des insectivores. Application aux soricidae fossiles. Mammalia 36(3):435 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |