Cottrell Pasture ( of the United States)

Also known as Hornet; UM-K1-59

Where: Meade County, Kansas (37.2° N, 100.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 99.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Rexroad Formation, Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: R. J. Zakrzewski. 1967. The primitive role, Ogmodontomys, from the late Cenozoic of Kansas and Nebraska. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52(52):133-150 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Head]more details

PaleoDB collection 19928: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• this is very close to the classic Rexroad localities
there is some question about the stratigraphic position
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Symmetrodontomys simplicidens2 Hibbard 1941 mouse
Ogmodontomys poaphagus Hibbard 1941 mouse
Reptilia
 Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Kinosternon flavescens1 Agassiz 1857 Yellow mud turtle