Keefe Canyon ( of the United States)
Also known as UK Locality 22
Where: Meade County, Kansas (37.2° N, 100.3° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 37.9° N, 99.2° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: upper Member (Rexroad Formation), Blancan (4.7 - 1.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: C. W. Hibbard and E. S. Riggs. 1949. Upper Pliocene Vertebrates From Keefe Canyon, Meade County, Kansas. Geological Society America Bulletin 60(5):829-860 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 19932: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
• no more than 23.5 feet below the "massive caliche zone" and 63 feet below the top of the formation
SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec 34 T 34 S R 30 W
Stegomastodon apparently is not from Loc. 22; see Hibbard 1950
SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec 34 T 34 S R 30 W
Stegomastodon apparently is not from Loc. 22; see Hibbard 1950
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Symmetrodontomys simplicidens Hibbard 1941 rodent | |
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Dipoides rexroadensis n. sp. Hibbard and Riggs 1949 beaver | |
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Gigantocamelus spatulus Cope 1893 camel | |
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Platygonus bicalcaratus Cope 1893 peccary | |
"Equus simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens
"Equus simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens Cope 1892 horse | |
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Canis lepophagus Johnston 1938 canine
Borophagus diversidens Cope 1892 bone-crushing dog confirmed by Wang et al. 1999: "B. sp." of Dalquest 1969a
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Buisnictis breviramus Hibbard 1941 skunk | |
Taxidea cf. taxus, Martes foxi n. sp.
Taxidea cf. taxus Schreber 1778 American badger
Martes foxi n. sp. Hibbard and Riggs 1949 marten | |
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"Hesperoscalops rexroadi" = Scalopus rexroadi
"Hesperoscalops rexroadi" = Scalopus rexroadi Hibbard 1941 mole | |