Gretna: Clarendonian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Copemys sp.
Wood 1936
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Mylagaulidae indet.
Cope 1881
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Hystricops sp.
(Leidy 1858)
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| original and current combination Hystrix (Hystricops) | ||||||||||
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Eucastor sp.
Allen 1877
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Tomarctus sp.
Cope 1873
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= Borophaginae indet.
Simpson 1945
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustelidae indet.
Fischer 1817
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Neohipparion sp.
Gidley 1903
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= Hipparionini indet.
Quinn 1955
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Pseudhipparion sp.
Ameghino 1904
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Calippus regulus
Johnston 1937
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Hypohippus sp.
(Leidy 1858)
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| original and current combination Anchitherium (Hypohippus) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Peraceras sp.
Cope 1880
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus sp.
Brisson 1762
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Ustatochoerus sp.
Schultz and Falkenbach 1941
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= Merychyus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Cranioceratini indet.
Frick 1937
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| "["Cranioceras sp.": based on Thomasson et al. 1990, Zakrzewski appears to include Pediomeryx in Cranioceras | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Moschidae
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Longirostromeryx sp.
Frick 1937
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Protolabis sp.
Cope 1876
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops sp.
Matthew and Gidley 1904
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= Tayassuinae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Untermannerix sp.
Rich 1981
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Domninoides sp.
Green 1956
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Phillips |
| Coordinates: | 39.8° North, 99.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.2° North, 96.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Clarendonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 12.50000 - 9.40000 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: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:from a 3 - 4.5 m thick fine-grained sand this could be the same as the Selbe Ranch locality of Hibbard 1942a, which yielded Eucastor tortus and was said to be 8 mi (=12.9 km) NE of Phillipsburg | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 18186 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-08-25 19:14:05 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3794. | R. J. Zakrzewski. 1988. Preliminary report on fossil mammals from the Ogallala (Miocene) of north-central Kansas. Fort Hays Studies, Science, third series 10:117-127 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |