Wilson Valley: Irvingtonian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex cinereus
Kerr 1792
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis cf. latrans
Say 1823
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus lorisrusselli n. sp.
Hibbard 1976
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Spermophilus richardsonii
(Sabine 1822)
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| recombined as Urocitellus richardsonii | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys tobinensis
(Hibbard 1944)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor cf. canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Sigmodon sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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Synaptomys meltoni
Paulson 1961
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= Mictomys meltoni
Paulson 1961
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Microtus paroperarius
Hibbard 1944
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Pitymys meadensis
Hibbard 1944
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= Terricola meadensis
Hibbard 1944
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Phenacomys sp.
Merriam 1889
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Ondatra sp.
Link 1795
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Peromyscus cf. cragini
Hibbard 1944
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Lincoln |
| Coordinates: | 39.0° North, 98.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.0° North, 98.0° 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
| Formation: | "Meade" |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:originally described by Hibbard 1944 using a much smaller collection "underlies a Pearlette-like ash" that is said to be the Pearlette type O ash by Hibbard 1975 (see Rock Creek) not mentioned by Kurten and Anderson 1980 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | KU Locality 4 | ||
| Database number: | 20567 | ||
| 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 | ||