Hamburg Research Area (Miocene to of the United States)

Also known as Locality 1; Unit D, Quarry A of Zehr 1974

Where: Ellis County, Kansas (39.0° N, 99.5° W: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 96.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Barstovian to Barstovian (16.0 - 10.3 Ma)

• 20 cm bed

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandy siltstone

Primary reference: R. J. Zakrzewski. 1988. Preliminary report on fossil mammals from the Ogallala (Miocene) of north-central Kansas. Fort Hays Studies, Science, third series 10:117-127 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18187: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• from four localities in a 30 cm sandy silt bed

•the overlying Zehr's Loc. 2 yielded "a small species of Peraceras, or a primitive species of Aphelops"

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Bassariscus ogallalae2 Hibbard 1933 ringtail
 Carnivora - Canidae
Leptocyon sp. Matthew 1918 canine
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hypohippus sp. Leidy 1858 anchitheriine horse
Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874 horse
probably OK
Astrohippus sp. Stirton 1940 horse
Hipparionini indet.1 Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse
Pseudhipparion sp. Ameghino 1904 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet.1 Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuinae indet.1 Palmer 1897 peccary
 Artiodactyla -
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Tamiini indet." = Marmotini1, Spermophilus sp.
"Tamiini indet." = Marmotini1 squirrel
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Hystricops sp. Leidy 1858 beaver
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Copemys sp. Wood 1936 mouse