Dixon ( of the United States)

Where: Kingman County, Kansas (37.5° N, 98.0° W: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 97.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1956. Vertebrate fossils from the Meade Formation of southwestern Kansas. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 41(41):145-203 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/W. Clyde]more details

PaleoDB collection 19930: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• two separate sites on one farm according to later authors; not the same as Norwich
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Castoridae
? Procastoroides sp. Barbour and Schultz 1937 beaver
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Nebraskomys mcgrewi4 Hibbard 1957 mouse
Pliophenacomys dixonensis n. sp.5 Zakrzewski 1984 mouse
Plioctomys rinkeri1 Hibbard 1956 mouse
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Hibbardomys fayae n. sp.5 Zakrzewski 1984 mouse
Pliolemmus antiquus Hibbard 1937 mouse
Ondatra meadensis1 Hibbard 1937 muskrat
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet.1 Fischer 1814 shrew
Blarina cf. brevicauda3 Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew
Planisorex dixonensis1 Hibbard 1956 red-toothed shrew
Sorex leahyi n. sp. Hibbard 1956 long-tailed shrew
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Elaphe sp.2 Wagler 1833 colubrid snake
Thamnophis sp.2 Fitzinger 1843 garter snake