PBDB Collection

Mt. Scott (UM-K1-60) (Pleistocene of the United States)

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone and sandy siltstone

• "a lens of fine sand to sandy silt"

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve

• "7 tons of matrix were removed" and screenwashed

Primary reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1963. A late Illinoian fauna from Kansas and its climatic significance. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 48:187-221 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 20422: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.06.1994

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Spermophilus sp.¹ Spermophilus sp.¹ Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
Rodentia - Castoridae	Castoridae indet. Castoridae indet. Gray 1821 beaver "Paradipoides or Castor"
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Oryzomys palustris¹, Peromyscus progressus, Reithrodontomys sp., Synaptomys australis, Microtus pennsylvanicus, "Pedomys ochrogaster" = Microtus ochrogaster, Ondatra zibethicus Oryzomys palustris¹ Harlan 1837 marsh rice rat Peromyscus progressus Hibbard 1960 deer mouse Reithrodontomys sp. Giglioli 1874 harvest mouse Synaptomys australis Simpson 1928 rodent Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole "Pedomys ochrogaster" = Microtus ochrogaster Wagner 1842 prairie vole Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Rodentia - Zapodidae	Zapus hudsonius Zapus hudsonius Zimmermann 1780 meadow jumping mouse
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Sylvilagus sp. Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Blarina carolinensis¹, Cryptotis parva Blarina carolinensis¹ Bachman 1837 southern short-tailed shrew Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew
Reptilia
Testudines - Trionychidae	Trionychidae indet.² Trionychidae indet.² Gray 1825 softshell turtle compared to T. spinifer
Testudines - Chelydridae	Chelydra serpentina³ Chelydra serpentina³ Linnaeus 1758 Common snapping turtle
Testudines - Emydidae	Terrapene carolina³, "Pseudemys scripta" = Trachemys scripta³, Chrysemys picta³ Terrapene carolina³ Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle "Pseudemys scripta" = Trachemys scripta³ Schoepff 1792 slider Chrysemys picta³ Schneider 1783 painted turtle
Testudines -	Pseudemys hibbardi³ Pseudemys hibbardi³ Preston 1979 turtle
Testudines - Kinosternoidea	Sternotherus odoratus³ Sternotherus odoratus³ Latreille 1801 Common musk turtle
Squamata - Colubridae	Storeria cf. dekayi³, Coluber cf. constrictor³, Elaphe vulpina³, Pituophis melanoleucus³, Heterodon sp.³, Nerodia sipedon³, Thamnophis radix³ Storeria cf. dekayi³ brown snake Coluber cf. constrictor³ Linnaeus 1758 black racer Elaphe vulpina³ Baird and Girard 1853 fox snake Pituophis melanoleucus³ Daudin 1803 pine snake Heterodon sp.³ Latreille 1801 hog-nosed snake compared to H. nasicus and H. platyrhinos Nerodia sipedon³ Linnaeus 1758 northern water snake Thamnophis radix³ garter snake
Squamata - Anguidae	Ophisaurus attenuatus³ Ophisaurus attenuatus³ Cope 1880 Slender glass lizard

¹Alroy 2002; ²Alroy 2006; ³Holman 1987