PBDB Collection

Mt. Scott (UM-K2-59) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as The Lookout

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)

• material apparently is from a single, 31 inch thick bed

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gray, green, sandy siltstone

• "greenish-gray, sandy silt"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve

• "27 tons of matrix were removed from the quarry for washing"

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 20423: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.06.1994

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Taxonomic list

• there are three "Cragin Quarry" localities in the same quarter of the same section but at a higher stratigraphic level: see Hibbard and Taylor 1960

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Mammalia
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Lasiurus cinereus Lasiurus cinereus Palisot de Beauvois 1796 hairy-tailed bat
Rodentia - Zapodidae	Zapus hudsonius Zapus hudsonius Zimmermann 1780 meadow jumping mouse
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Cynomys sp., Spermophilus sp.¹, Spermophilus cf. tridecemlineatus¹ Cynomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 prairie dog Spermophilus sp.¹ Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel Spermophilus cf. tridecemlineatus¹ Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Reithrodontomys sp., Neotoma cf. floridana, Synaptomys australis, Peromyscus sp., Peromyscus berendsensis, Peromyscus progressus, Ondatra zibethicus, Microtus pennsylvanicus, "Pedomys ochrogaster" = Microtus ochrogaster, Oryzomys palustris¹ Reithrodontomys sp. Giglioli 1874 harvest mouse Neotoma cf. floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat Synaptomys australis Simpson 1928 rodent Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse Peromyscus berendsensis Starrett 1956 deer mouse Peromyscus progressus Hibbard 1960 deer mouse Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole "Pedomys ochrogaster" = Microtus ochrogaster Wagner 1842 prairie vole Oryzomys palustris¹ Harlan 1837 marsh rice rat
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Geomys sp. Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Lepus sp., Sylvilagus sp. Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
Carnivora - Mustelidae	"Mustela vison" = Neogale vison "Mustela vison" = Neogale vison Schreber 1777 mink
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bison cf. latifrons Bison cf. latifrons Harlan 1825 bison
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Sorex arcticus, Sorex scottensis n. sp.¹, Sorex palustris, Blarina carolinensis¹, Cryptotis parva Sorex arcticus Kerr 1792 arctic shrew Sorex scottensis n. sp.¹ Jammot 1972 long-tailed shrew Sorex palustris Richardson 1828 American water shrew Blarina carolinensis¹ Bachman 1837 southern short-tailed shrew Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew
Reptilia
Squamata - Anguidae	Ophisaurus attenuatus² Ophisaurus attenuatus² Cope 1880 Slender glass lizard
Squamata - Colubridae	Nerodia sipedon², Regina grahami², Diadophis punctatus², Coluber cf. constrictor², Lampropeltis getulus², Pituophis melanoleucus², Storeria cf. dekayi², Thamnophis proximus² Nerodia sipedon² Linnaeus 1758 northern water snake Regina grahami² crayfish snake Diadophis punctatus² Linnaeus ringneck snake Coluber cf. constrictor² Linnaeus 1758 black racer Lampropeltis getulus² Linnaeus 1766 kingsnake Pituophis melanoleucus² Daudin 1803 pine snake Storeria cf. dekayi² brown snake Thamnophis proximus² garter snake
Squamata - Crotalidae	"Crotalinae indet." = Crotalidae² "Crotalinae indet." = Crotalidae² Oppel 1811 pit viper
Testudines - Emydidae	Terrapene carolina² Terrapene carolina² Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle
Amphibia
Salientia - Ranidae	Rana sp.² Rana sp.² Linnaeus 1758 frog "pipiens complex"

¹Alroy 2002; ²Holman 1987