PBDB Collection

Cragin Quarry Locality 1 (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Big Springs Loc. 1; KU Locality 6; USGS 21274

Where: Meade County, Kansas (37.2° N, 100.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 100.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: upper Member (Kingsdown Formation), Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: C. W. Hibbard and D. W. Taylor. 1960. Two Late Pleistocene Faunas from Southwestern Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 16(1):1-223 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 20295: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• originally reported by Hibbard 1939c
list of Hibbard 1970c includes Butler Spring and other authors include the upper Butler Spring sites in the "Cragin Quarry" fauna; Hibbard and Taylor mention three other "Cragin Quarry" sites (Localities 2, 3, 4) but no records are given

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Reptilia
Squamata - Colubridae	Lampropeltis getulus³, Coluber constrictor³, Nerodia sp.², ? Diadophis sp.³, Thamnophis sp.³, Storeria sp.³, Heterodon sp.³ Lampropeltis getulus³ Linnaeus 1766 kingsnake "Cragin Quarry" Coluber constrictor³ Linnaeus 1758 black racer "Cragin Quarry" Nerodia sp.² Baird and Girard 1853 water snake "Cragin Quarry" ? Diadophis sp.³ Baird and Girard 1853 ringneck snake "Cragin Quarry" Thamnophis sp.³ Fitzinger 1843 garter snake "Cragin Quarry" Storeria sp.³ Baird and Girard 1853 brown snake "Cragin Quarry" Heterodon sp.³ Latreille 1801 hog-nosed snake "probably near platyrhinos" and from "Cragin Quarry"
Squamata - Crotalidae	Crotalus viridis³, Agkistrodon contortix³ Crotalus viridis³ Rafinesque 1818 prairie rattlesnake "Cragin Quarry" Agkistrodon contortix³ cottonmouth "Cragin Quarry"
Mammalia
- Mylodontidae	Paramylodon harlani Paramylodon harlani Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Lasiurus cinereus, "Dasypterus golliheri n. sp." = Lasiurus golliheri Lasiurus cinereus Palisot de Beauvois 1796 hairy-tailed bat a bat "Dasypterus golliheri n. sp." = Lasiurus golliheri Hibbard 1960 hairy-tailed bat a bat
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Mammuthus columbi Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth
Carnivora - Mephitidae	Spilogale putorius¹ Spilogale putorius¹ Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk
Carnivora - Canidae	Canis latrans, "Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus¹, Vulpes velox Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote "Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus¹ Leidy 1858 dire wolf Vulpes velox Say 1823 swift fox probably OK: Anderson 1984
Carnivora - Felidae	"Panthera atrox" = Panthera leo atrox, "Felis concolor" = Puma concolor "Panthera atrox" = Panthera leo atrox Leidy 1853 lion see also Simpson 1941b "Felis concolor" = Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma see also Simpson 1941b
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus sp., Equus conversidens, "Equus scotti" = Equus mexicanus Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse Equus conversidens Owen 1869 horse "Equus scotti" = Equus mexicanus Hibbard 1955 horse
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Platygonus cf. compressus Platygonus cf. compressus Leconte 1848 peccary
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Hemiauchenia sp.¹, Camelops sp.¹ Hemiauchenia sp.¹ Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel Camelops sp.¹ Leidy 1854 camel
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Odocoileus sp. Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae	Capromeryx furcifer Capromeryx furcifer Matthew 1902 pronghorn
Theriamorpha - Soricidae	Notiosorex crawfordi Notiosorex crawfordi Coues 1877 Crawford's gray shrew
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Lepus sp., Sylvilagus sp. Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Onychomys cf. leucogaster, Peromyscus cf. cochrani, Peromyscus progressus n. sp., Neotoma micropus, "Pedomys sp." = Microtus, Reithrodontomys megalotis Onychomys cf. leucogaster Wied-Neuwied 1841 northern grasshopper mouse Peromyscus cf. cochrani Hibbard 1955 deer mouse Peromyscus progressus n. sp. Hibbard 1960 deer mouse Neotoma micropus Baird 1855 southern plains woodrat "Pedomys sp." = Microtus Schrank 1798 vole Reithrodontomys megalotis Baird 1858 western harvest mouse
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Spermophilus tridecemlineatus¹, Cynomys niobrarius⁴ Spermophilus tridecemlineatus¹ Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel Cynomys niobrarius⁴ Hay 1921 prairie dog
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Geomys bursarius Geomys bursarius Shaw 1800 plains pocket gopher
Rodentia - Heteromyidae	Dipodomys cf. ordii, Chaetodipus hispidus¹, Perognathinae indet. Dipodomys cf. ordii Woodhouse 1853 Ord's kangaroo rat Chaetodipus hispidus¹ Baird 1858 hispid pocket mouse Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875 rodent additional "Perognathus sp."

¹Alroy 2002; ²Alroy 2009; ³Brattstrom 1967; ⁴Goodwin 1995