Edson: Hemphillian, Kansas
collected by H. T. Martin 1924
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Pliohippus cf. pernix
Marsh 1874
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= Dinohippus leidyanus
Osborn 1918
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Harrison 1983 | |||||||||
Calippus ansae
(Matthew and Stirton 1930)
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= Astrohippus ansae
Matthew and Stirton 1930
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Neohipparion cf. eurystyle
(Cope 1893)
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Harrison 1983 | |||||||||
Hipparion cf. montezumae
(Leidy 1882)
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= Nannippus sp.
Matthew 1926
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Harrison 1983 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras fossiger
(Cope 1878)
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= Teleoceras hicksi
Cook 1927
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Prothero et al. 1989 | |||||||||
replaces ID of Harrison 1983 | ||||||||||
= Teleoceras guymonense
Prothero 2005
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
F:AM 116025A-B | ||||||||||
Aphelops cf. mutilus
Matthew 1924
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confirmed by Prothero et al. 1989 | ||||||||||
= Aphelops mutilus
Matthew 1924
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Texoceros cf. guymonensis
Frick 1937
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Harrison 1983 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Pliauchenia sp.
Cope 1875
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= Hemiauchenia vera
Matthew 1909
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Harrison 1983 | |||||||||
recombined as Pleiolama vera | ||||||||||
Megatylopus gigas
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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Alforjas taylori
Harrison 1979
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Harrison 1983 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus serus
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= Platygonus sp.
Leconte 1848
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Wright 1989 | |||||||||
"P. rex" of Harrison 1983; actually a new species; see also Wright 1998 | ||||||||||
= Platygonus pollenae
Prothero and Grenader 2012
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Prothero and Grenader 2012 | |||||||||
synonym of Platygonus brachirostris | ||||||||||
Prosthennops serus
(Cope 1877)
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Hibbard 1939 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Machairodus cf. catocopis
Cope 1887
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
= Machairodus coloradensis
Cook 1922
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Harrison 1983 | |||||||||
recombined as Amphimachairodus coloradensis | ||||||||||
Adelphailurus kansensis n. sp.
Hibbard 1934
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(3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Agriotherium sp.
Wagner 1837
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Harrison 1983 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Brachypsalis marshalli n. sp.
Martin 1928
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Martin 1928 | |||||||||
recombined as Plesiogulo marshalli | ||||||||||
(5 measurements) | ||||||||||
Plesiogulo marshalli
(Martin 1928)
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Hibbard 1939 | |||||||||
Pliotaxidea nevadensis
(Butterworth 1916)
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Harrison 1983 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Martinogale alveodens
Hall 1930
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(2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Leptocyon shermanensis n. sp.
Hibbard 1937
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(7 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Eucyon davisi
Merriam 1911
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Hibbard 1937 | |||||||||
"Vulpes cf. vafer" | ||||||||||
Hyaenognathus cyonoides n. sp.
Martin 1928
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Martin 1928 | |||||||||
synonym of Borophagus secundus | ||||||||||
see Stirton and VanderHoof 1933, Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
Osteoborus cyonoides
(Martin 1928)
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Hibbard 1939 | |||||||||
synonym of Borophagus secundus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpidae indet.
(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
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Hibbard 1939 | |||||||||
said by Hutchison 1968 to be Scalopus, but this could also be Hesperoscalops | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
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Lagomorpha indet.
Brandt 1885
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Harrison 1983 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Mylagaulus monodon
Cope 1881
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= Mylagaulidae indet.
Cope 1881
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Korth 2000 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Kansasimys dubius
Wood 1936
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Harrison 1983 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Dipodomys kansensis n. sp.
Hibbard 1937
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= Prodipodomys kansensis
Hibbard 1937
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Hibbard 1937 | |||||||||
Perognathus dunklei n. sp.
Hibbard 1939
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Hibbard 1939 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Peromyscus martini n. sp.
Hibbard 1937
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= Onychomys martini
Hibbard 1937
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Hibbard 1937 | |||||||||
? Oryzomys pliocaenicus n. sp.
Hibbard 1939
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Hibbard 1939 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Bensonomys | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Hibbard 1939 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Chelonia sp.
Brongniart 1800
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Hibbard 1939 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Charadriiformes
- Scolopacidae
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Scolopacidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Hibbard 1939 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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Hibbard 1939 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Podicipediformes
- Podicipedidae
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Colymbus nigricollis
(Brehm 1831)
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Hibbard 1939 | |||||||||
original and current combination Podiceps nigricollis | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Gruidae
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Grus nannodes n. sp.
Wetmore and Martin 1930
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Wetmore and Martin 1930 | |||||||||
UK specimen from "the Pliocene deposits of Sherman County" | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Scaphiopus pliobatrachus
Taylor 1936
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Hibbard 1939 | |||||||||
recombined as Spea pliobatrachus | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo hibbardi
Taylor 1936
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Hibbard 1939 | |||||||||
Bufo arenarius
Taylor 1936
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Hibbard 1939 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Plioambystoma kansensis
Adams and Martin 1929
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Hibbard 1939 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Sherman |
Coordinates: | 39.3° North, 101.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 39.6° North, 100.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Neogene | ||
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene |
Key time interval: | Hemphillian | ||
Age range of interval: | 9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | H. T. Martin | Collection dates: | 1924 |
Collection method comments: collection information pertains to Grus nannodes | |||
Taxonomic list comments:see also Harrison 1983 "Sciurus sp." is omitted by Harrison 1983 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Edson Beds; North Quarry | ||
Database number: | 18140 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, A. Dunhill, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, B. Allen, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-08-16 23:43:43 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1835. | 5% 48120 | C. W. Hibbard. 1934. Two new genera of Felidae from the middle Pliocene of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 37:239-255 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/W. Clyde] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
1800 | J. A. Harrison. 1983. The Carnivora of the Edson local fauna (late Hemphillian), Kansas. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 54:1-42 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
1839 | C. W. Hibbard. 1937. Notes on Some Vertebrates from the Pleistocene of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 40:233-237 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
1842 | C. W. Hibbard. 1939. Notes on Additional Fauna of Edson Quarry of the Middle Pliocene of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 42:457-462 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/L. van den Hoek Ostende] | |
2143 | W. W. Korth. 2000. Review of Miocene (Hemingfordian to Clarendonian) mylagaulid rodents (Mammalia) from Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 69(4):227-280 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
34707 | H. T. Martin. 1928. Two new carnivores from the Pliocene of Kansas. Journal of Mammalogy 9(3):233-236 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
51726 | D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
51449 | D. R. Prothero and J. Grenader. 2012. A New Primitive Species of the Flat-Headed Peccary Platygonus (Tayassuidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of the High Plains. Journal of Paleontology 86(6):1021-1031 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
6274 | D. R. Prothero, C. Guerin, and E. Manning. 1989. The history of the Rhinocerotoidea. In D. R. Prothero and R. M. Schoch (eds.), The Evolution of Perissodactyls 321-340 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
24879 | A. Wetmore and H. T. Martin. 1930. A fossil crane from the Pliocene of Kansas. The Condor 32(1):62-63 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
3774 | D. B. Wright. 1989. Phylogenetic relationships of Catagonus wagneri: sister taxa from the Tertiary of North America. Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy 281-308 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |