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
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Mammalia | |
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Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher | |
? Procastoroides sp. Barbour and Schultz 1937 beaver | |
Nebraskomys mcgrewi4, Pliophenacomys dixonensis n. sp.5, Plioctomys rinkeri1, Peromyscus sp., Hibbardomys fayae n. sp.5, Pliolemmus antiquus, Ondatra meadensis1
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Pliolemmus antiquus Hibbard 1937 mouse | |
Sorex leahyi n. sp. Hibbard 1956 long-tailed shrew | |
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore | |
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