Rexroad KU Locality 3: Blancan, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus rexroadensis n. sp.
(Hibbard 1941)
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see Hibbard 1941a | ||||||||||
Spermophilus howelli n. sp.
(Hibbard 1941)
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see Hibbard 1941a | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys minor
Gidley 1922
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= Nerterogeomys minor
Gidley 1922
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
presumably includes "G. sp." of Hibbard 1941b | ||||||||||
Geomys jacobi n. sp.
Hibbard 1967
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see Hibbard 1967 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Perognathus gidleyi
Hibbard 1941
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Liomys centralis n. sp.
Hibbard 1941
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= Prodipodomys centralis
Hibbard 1941
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
see Hibbard 1941a; includes "Prodipodomys rexroadensis" type of Hibbard 1954b | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Dipoides rexroadensis
Hibbard and Riggs 1949
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Procastoroides sweeti
Barbour and Schultz 1937
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Nebraskomys sp.
Hibbard 1957
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
= Nebraskomys rexroadensis
Hibbard 1970
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Hibbard 1970 | |||||||||
type | ||||||||||
Sigmodon intermedius
Hibbard 1937
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= Sigmodon minor
Gidley 1922
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Symmetrodontomys simplicidens n. sp.
Hibbard 1941
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see Hibbard 1941a | ||||||||||
Neotoma quadriplicata n. sp.
(Hibbard 1941)
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see Hibbard 1941a | ||||||||||
Peromyscus baumgartneri n. sp.
Hibbard 1954
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see Hibbard 1954b | ||||||||||
Peromyscus kansasensis n. sp.
Hibbard 1941
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see Hibbard 1941a | ||||||||||
Calomys eliasi
(Hibbard 1937)
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= Bensonomys eliasi
Hibbard 1937
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
recombined as Calomys (Bensonomys) eliasi | ||||||||||
Onychomys gidleyi n. sp.
Hibbard 1941
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see Hibbard 1941a | ||||||||||
Ogmodontomys poaphagus n. sp.
Hibbard 1941
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see Hibbard 1941a | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus regalis n. sp.
Hibbard 1939
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see Hibbard 1939a | ||||||||||
Hypolagus ringoldensis
Gustafson 1978
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White 1988 | |||||||||
Notolagus lepusculus n. sp.
(Hibbard 1939)
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see Hibbard 1939a | ||||||||||
Pratilepus kansasensis n. sp.
Hibbard 1939
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see Hibbard 1939a | ||||||||||
Nekrolagus progressus n. sp.
(Hibbard 1939)
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see Hibbard 1939a | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex taylori
Hibbard 1937
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Hesperoscalops rexroadi
Hibbard 1941
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recombined as Scalopus rexroadi | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Lasiurus fossilis
Hibbard 1950
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a bat | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Nannippus peninsulatus
(Cope 1885)
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus bicalcaratus
Cope 1893
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nomen dubium belonging to Platygonus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Hemiauchenia blancoensis
(Meade 1945)
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= Hemiauchenia macrocephala
Cope 1893
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus brachyodontus
Oelrich 1953
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= Odocoileus sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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Wheatley and Ruez 2003 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Antilocapridae indet.
Gray 1866
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Homotheriini indet.
Jiangzuo et al. 2022
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
= Megantereon hesperus
Gazin 1933
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Berta and Galiano 1983 | |||||||||
"Ischyrosmilus?... affinities with the Dinobastis group" of Bjork 1973 | ||||||||||
Felis rexroadensis n. sp.
Stephens 1959
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= Lynx rexroadensis
Stephens 1959
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
original and current combination Felis rexroadensis | ||||||||||
see Stephens 1959 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Spilogale rexroadi n. sp.
Hibbard 1941
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see Hibbard 1941a | ||||||||||
Buisnictis breviramus n. sp.
(Hibbard 1941)
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see Hibbard 1941a | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon rexroadensis n. sp.
Hibbard 1941
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see Hibbard 1941a (6 measurements) | ||||||||||
Bassariscus casei n. sp.
Hibbard 1952
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see Hibbard 1952d | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Trigonictis kansasensis n. sp.
Hibbard 1941
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(4 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Trigonictis macrodon
Cope 1868
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Ray et al. 1981 | |||||||||
Hibbard 1941a | ||||||||||
Satherium piscinarium
(Leidy 1873)
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gender corrected by Bjork 1973; Bjork also lists "S. ingens"; (2+1) | ||||||||||
Taxidea taxus
(Schreber 1778)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Urocyon progressus
Stevens 1965
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described by Bjork 1973 | ||||||||||
Canis lepophagus
Johnston 1938
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= Canis ferox
Miller and Carranza-Castaneda 1998
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Tedford et al. 2009 | |||||||||
recombined as Eucyon ferox | ||||||||||
lists C. ferox from Rexroad 3, but not C. lepophagus | ||||||||||
Borophagus sp.
Cope 1892
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described by Bjork 1973 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx sp.
Harlan 1825
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Stegomastodon rexroadensis
Woodburne 1961
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= Stegomastodon primitivus
Osborn 1936
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo rexroadensis
Oelrich 1952
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Oelrich 1952 | |||||||||
synonym of Hesperotestudo orthopygia | ||||||||||
UMMP 9399 (paratype), parts of a carapace and a complete plastron | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Crotalus viridis
Rafinesque 1818
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
Sistrurus catenatus
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
Agkistrodon contortix
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Crocopoda | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Elaphe obsoleta
(Say 1823)
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
Lampropeltis getulus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
Coluber constrictor
Linnaeus 1758
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
Natrix sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
= Nerodia sp.
Baird and Girard 1853
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Alroy 2009 | |||||||||
Thamnophis sp.
Fitzinger 1843
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
Heterodon plionasicus
Peters 1953
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
Heterodon platyrhinos
(Latreille 1801)
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Brattstrom 1967 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Iguanidae
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Phrynosoma cornutum
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Oelrich 1954 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Pelecaniformes
- Ardeidae
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Egretta sp.
Forster 1817
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Moseley and Feduccia 1975 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Cathartiformes
- Cathartidae
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Pliogyps fisheri n. gen., n. sp.
Tordoff 1959
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Tordoff 1959 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Meade |
Coordinates: | 37.2° North, 100.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 37.3° North, 99.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene |
Key time interval: | Blancan | ||
Age range of interval: | 4.90000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | UMMP |
Taxonomic list comments:this is the original locality pillaged by a CCC crew in 1936 W 1/2 SW 1/4 sec 22 T 33 S R 29 W "Baiomys rexroadi" appears to be a lapsus as the type is actually from Locality 2a: Hibbard 1950 may include UMMP Protocitta ajax specimen of Brodkorb 1972 from "Rexroad Formation... at Rexroad Ranch" |
Metadata
Database number: | 19936 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot, E. Vlachos, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos, P. Holroyd, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Collections that are a subset of this one: | |||
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-07-15 19:08:31 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1894. | C. W. Hibbard. 1970. in Dort and Jones [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
29343 | J. Alroy. 2009. High-handed opinions on taxonomy and other matters. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1064 | 5% 28140 | A. Berta and H. Galiano. 1983. Megantereon hesperus from the late Hemphillian of Florida with remarks on the phylogenetic relationships of machairodonts (Mammalia, Felidae, Machairodontinae). Journal of Paleontology 57(5):892-899 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
30836 | B. H. Brattstrom. 1967. A succession of Pliocene and Pleistocene snake faunas from the High Plains of the United States. Copeia 1967(1):188-202 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
25097 | P. Brodkorb. 1972. Neogene fossil jays from the Great Plains. The Condor 74(3):347-349 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1893 | 5% 39480 | C. W. Hibbard. 1970. A new microtine rodent from the upper Pliocene of Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 23(7):99-103 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Head] |
7594 | C. Moseley and A. Feduccia. 1975. Upper Pliocene herons and ibises from North America. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 12:71-74 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
64804 | T. M. Oelrich. 1952. A new Testudo from the upper Pliocene of Kansas with additional notes on associated Rexroad mammals. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 55(3):300-311 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
64984 | T. M. Oelrich. 1954. A Horned Toad, Phrynosoma cornutum, from the Upper Pliocene of Kansas. Copeia 1954(4):262-263 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
2841 | C. E. Ray, E. Anderson, and S. D. Webb. 1981. The Blancan carnivore Trigonictis (Mammalia: Mustelidae) in the Eastern United States. Brimleyana 5:1-36 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
52058 | R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/G. Lloyd] | |
28665 | H. B. Tordoff. 1959. A condor from the Upper Pliocene of Kansas. Condor 61(5):338-343 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
3632 | J. A. White. 1988. The Archaeolaginae (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) of North America, Excluding Archaeolagus and Panolax. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(4):425-450 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |