Wilson Valley (Pleistocene of the United States)
Also known as KU Locality 4
Where: Lincoln County, Kansas (39.0° N, 98.2° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 98.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: "Meade" Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: R. J. Zakrzewski and K. K. Kolb. 1982. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 85(4) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
PaleoDB collection 20567: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• originally described by Hibbard 1944 using a much smaller collection
"underlies a Pearlette-like ash" that is said to be the Pearlette type O ash by Hibbard 1975 (see Rock Creek)
not mentioned by Kurten and Anderson 1980
"underlies a Pearlette-like ash" that is said to be the Pearlette type O ash by Hibbard 1975 (see Rock Creek)
not mentioned by Kurten and Anderson 1980
Show authors, comments, and common names
| Mammalia | |
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Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792 cinereus shrew | |
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Canis cf. latrans Say 1823 coyote | |
Peromyscus cf. cragini, Phenacomys sp., "Terricola meadensis" = Microtus meadensis, Microtus paroperarius, Ondatra sp., Mictomys meltoni, Sigmodon sp.
Peromyscus cf. cragini Hibbard 1944 deer mouse
Phenacomys sp. Merriam 1889 vole
"Terricola meadensis" = Microtus meadensis Hibbard 1944 vole
Microtus paroperarius Hibbard 1944 vole
Ondatra sp. Link 1795 muskrat
Mictomys meltoni Paulson 1961 bog lemming
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat | |
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Castor cf. canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver | |
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Geomys tobinensis Hibbard 1944 pocket gopher | |
"Spermophilus richardsonii" = Urocitellus richardsonii, Spermophilus lorisrusselli n. sp.
"Spermophilus richardsonii" = Urocitellus richardsonii Sabine 1822 Holarctic ground squirrel | |