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: 37.4° N, 99.9° W (Wright 2013)

• 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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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes velox, "Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus1, Canis latrans
Vulpes velox Say 1823 swift fox
probably OK: Anderson 1984
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus1 Leidy 1858 dire wolf
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
 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
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Spilogale putorius1
Spilogale putorius1 Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Capromeryx furcifer
Capromeryx furcifer Matthew 1902 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp.
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia sp.1, Camelops sp.1
Hemiauchenia sp.1 Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
Camelops sp.1 Leidy 1854 camel
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus cf. compressus
Platygonus cf. compressus Leconte 1848 peccary
 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
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Notiosorex crawfordi
Notiosorex crawfordi Coues 1877 Crawford's gray shrew
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma micropus, "Pedomys sp." = Microtus, Peromyscus progressus n. sp., Peromyscus cf. cochrani, Reithrodontomys megalotis, Onychomys cf. leucogaster
Neotoma micropus Baird 1855 southern plains woodrat
"Pedomys sp." = Microtus Schrank 1798 vole
Peromyscus progressus n. sp. Hibbard 1960 deer mouse
Peromyscus cf. cochrani Hibbard 1955 deer mouse
Reithrodontomys megalotis Baird 1858 western harvest mouse
Onychomys cf. leucogaster Wied-Neuwied 1841 northern grasshopper mouse
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathinae indet., Dipodomys cf. ordii, Chaetodipus hispidus1
Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875 rodent
additional "Perognathus sp."
Dipodomys cf. ordii Woodhouse 1853 Ord's kangaroo rat
Chaetodipus hispidus1 Baird 1858 hispid pocket mouse
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys bursarius
Geomys bursarius Shaw 1800 plains pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cynomys niobrarius4, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus1
Cynomys niobrarius4 Hay 1921 prairie dog
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus1 Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp., Sylvilagus sp.
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
"Dasypterus golliheri n. sp." = Lasiurus golliheri, Lasiurus cinereus
"Dasypterus golliheri n. sp." = Lasiurus golliheri Hibbard 1960 hairy-tailed bat
a bat
Lasiurus cinereus Palisot de Beauvois 1796 hairy-tailed bat
a bat
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus columbi
Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth
  - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani
Paramylodon harlani Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth
Reptilia
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Crotalus viridis3, Agkistrodon contortix3
Crotalus viridis3 Rafinesque 1818 prairie rattlesnake
"Cragin Quarry"
Agkistrodon contortix3 cottonmouth
"Cragin Quarry"
 Squamata - Colubridae
Storeria sp.3, Nerodia sp.2, Thamnophis sp.3, Lampropeltis getulus3, Coluber constrictor3, Heterodon sp.3, ? Diadophis sp.3
Storeria sp.3 Baird and Girard 1853 brown snake
"Cragin Quarry"
Nerodia sp.2 Baird and Girard 1853 water snake
"Cragin Quarry"
Thamnophis sp.3 Fitzinger 1843 garter snake
"Cragin Quarry"
Lampropeltis getulus3 Linnaeus 1766 kingsnake
"Cragin Quarry"
Coluber constrictor3 Linnaeus 1758 black racer
"Cragin Quarry"
Heterodon sp.3 Latreille 1801 hog-nosed snake
"probably near platyrhinos" and from "Cragin Quarry"
? Diadophis sp.3 Baird and Girard 1853 ringneck snake
"Cragin Quarry"
1Alroy 2002; 2Alroy 2009; 3Brattstrom 1967; 4Goodwin 1995