PBDB Collection

WaKeeny (UM-K6-59): Clarendonian, Kansas

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae

	Amia calva Linnaeus 1766
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae

	Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
	"L. platostomus or L. productus"
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae

	Aplodinotus cf. grunniens Rafinesque 1819
Actinopteri - Centrarchiformes - Centrarchidae

	Lepomis sp. Rafinesque 1819

	Pomoxis sp.

	Micropterus cf. punctulatus
Actinopteri - Cyprinodontiformes - Fundulidae

	Fundulus sp. Lacépède 1803
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ictaluridae

	Ictalurus lambda

	Ictalurus sp. Rafinesque 1820
	"smaller"
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Catostomidae

	Ictiobus sp. Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2006
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

	? Notropis sp. Rafinesque 1818
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

	Ambystoma sp. (Tschudi 1838)
	original and current combination Amblystoma
	forms "A" and "B"

	Ambystoma tigrinum (Green 1825)	Holman 1975

	Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw 1802)	Holman 1975
	misspelling Amblystoma maculatum
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Tregobatrachidae

	Tregobatrachus hibbardi n. gen., n. sp.	Holman 1975
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae

	Scaphiopus couchi Baird 1854
	= Scaphiopus hardeni	Holman 1975
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae

	Rana cf. areolata

	Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758

	Rana cf. pipiens Schreber 1782	Holman 1975
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae

	Bufo cognatus

	Bufo hibbardi Taylor 1936	Holman 1975

	Bufo marinus Tihen 1962

	Bufo pliocompactilis n. sp. Wilson 1968

	Bufo boreas Baird and Girard 1852
	= Bufo valentinensis Estes and Tihen 1964	Holman 1975
	one specimen is B. marinus
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae

	Acris sp. Dumeril and Bibron 1841

	Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768
	"H. cinerea or H. versicolor"

	Hyla cf. cinerea (Schneider 1799)	Holman 1975

	Hyla cf. gratiosa Le Conte 1856

	Hyla cf. squirella Bosc 1800	Holman 1975

	Pseudacris cf. clarki Baird 1854
Reptilia - Anguidae

	Gerrhonotus mungerorum n. sp.

	Ophisaurus ventralis Linnaeus 1766
	= Ophisaurus attenuatus Cope 1880	Holman 1975
Reptilia - Loxocemidae

	Ogmophis pliocompactus n. sp. Holman 1975	Holman 1975
Reptilia - Boidae

	Tregophis brevirachis n. gen., n. sp. Holman 1975	Holman 1975
Reptilia - Colubridae

	? Coluber plioagellus n. sp.
	= Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811	Holman 1975

	Heterodon sp. Latreille 1801
	= Paleoheterodon sp. Holman 1964	Holman 1975

	cf. Paleoheterodon sp. Holman 1964

	Ogmophis kansasensis n. sp.
	= Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811	Holman 1975

	Pituophis sp. Holbrook 1842
	= Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811	Holman 1975

	Lampropeltis similis Holman 1964	Holman 1975

	Texasophis wilsoni n. sp. Holman 1984	Holman 1984

	Elaphe sp. Wagler 1833	Holman 1975

	Natrix hillmani Wilson 1968
	recombined as Nerodia hillmani

	Thamnophis sp. Fitzinger 1843
Reptilia - Teiidae

	Cnemidophorus cf. sexlineatus (Linnaeus 1766)	Holman 1975
Reptilia - Scincidae

	Eumeces sp. Wiegmann 1834
	= Eumeces hixsonorum n. sp.	Holman 1975
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae

	Nettion ogallalae n. sp. Brodkorb 1962	Brodkorb 1962
Reptilia - Piciformes - Picidae

	Pliopicus brodkorbi n. gen., n. sp.
	Feduccia and Wilson 1967
Reptilia - Cracidae

	Ortalis affinis n. sp.
	Feduccia and Wilson 1967
Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea

	Sternotherus odoratus Latreille 1801	Holman 1975
	= Kinosternon sp. von Spix 1824	Bourque 2011
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

	Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
	= Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825	Alroy 2006
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

	Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835	Holman 1975

	Geochelone orthopygia (Cope 1878)	Holman 1975
	recombined as Hesperotestudo orthopygia
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

	cf. Chrysemys sp. Gray 1844
	= Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815	Holman 1975

	Terrapene cf. carolina (Linnaeus 1758)	Holman 1975
Reptilia - Chelonia

	Kinosternon sp. von Spix 1824
	= Chelonia indet. Latreille 1800	Holman 1975
	synonym of Testudines
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Proboscidea

	Proboscidea indet. Illiger 1811
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

	Myotis sp. Kaup 1829
	a bat
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

	Tamias sp. Illinger 1811
	= Tamiini indet.	Alroy 2002
	synonym of Marmotini
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae

	Zapodinae indet. (Coues 1875)
	original and current combination Zapodidae

	? Sicistinae indet. Allen 1901

	Macrognathomys nanus Hall 1930
	= Macrognathomys sp. Hall 1930	Green and Holman 1977
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

	Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841
	= Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817	Alroy 2002
	compared to Copemys niobrariensis by Dalquest et al. 1996

	Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817

	cf. Copemys sp. Wood 1936

	Tregomys shotwelli n. gen., n. sp. Wilson 1968
	recombined as Copemys shotwelli
	includes type of "Gnomomys saltus"; (8+18)

	Copemys pisinnus n. sp. Wilson 1968
	= Tregomys pisinnus Wilson 1968	Alroy 2002
	original and current combination Copemys pisinnus
	4
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

	Eucastor phillisi n. sp. Wilson 1968
	recombined as Prodipoides phillisi
	referred, includes "E. cf. tortus" of Hibbard and Phillis 1945; NISP about 19
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

	Lignimus hibbardi n. sp. Storer 1973
	= Phelosaccomys hibbardi Storer 1973	Storer 1973
	recombined as Parapliosaccomys hibbardi
	"Geomyidae indet."
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

	Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839
	= Heteromyinae indet. Gray 1868	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae

	Epigaulus minor Hibbard and Phillis 1945
	= Ceratogaulus minor Hibbard and Phillis 1945	Alroy 2002
	referred, not the type
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

	Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917
	= Archaeolaginae indet.	Alroy 2002
	some or all specimens could be from Locality 29 based on catalogue numbers
Mammalia - Erinaceidae

	Untermannerix copiosus Rich 1981	Rich 1981
	"Erinaceinae" (1 measurement)
Mammalia - Talpidae

	Talpidae indet. (Fischer de Waldheim 1817)

	Domninoides mimicus n. sp. Wilson 1968
	NISP about 22 (1 measurement)
Mammalia - Soricidae

	Anchiblarinella wakeeneyensis n. sp. Hibbard and Jammot 1971	Hibbard and Jammot 1971
	"Limnoecus"; (1+3)

	Parydrosorex concisus n. gen., n. sp. Wilson 1968
	(2 measurements)
	= Petenyia concisa Wilson 1968	Alroy 2002
	original and current combination Parydrosorex concisus
	(2+1), see Hibbard and Jammot 1971

	Tregosorex holmani n. sp. Hibbard and Jammot 1971	Hibbard and Jammot 1971
	not described by Wilson
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

	Plesiogulo sp. Zdansky 1934
	= Mionictis sp. Matthew 1924	Harrison 1981

	Martes stirtoni n. sp. Wilson 1968
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

	Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

	Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874
	= Equini indet. Quinn 1955	Alroy 2002
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Kansas	County:	Trego
Coordinates:	39.1° North, 99.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	40.3° North, 97.2° West
Basis of coordinate:	stated in text
Altitude:	2255 feet
Geographic resolution:	small collection

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 5-6
*Period:	Late/Upper Tertiary	*Epoch:	Late/Upper Miocene
*Local age/stage:	Middle Clarendonian - Late/Upper Clarendonian
Key time interval:	Clarendonian
Age range of interval:	12.50000 - 9.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Ogallala
Local section:	WaKen	Local bed:	2
Local order:	bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:	bed
Stratigraphy comments: from a bed about 1 - 2 feet thick; overlies Locality 29 (see)

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	"cross stratification" unlithified sandstone
Secondary lithology:	green claystone
Lithology description: "fine to coarse, well sorted, unconsolidated cross-bedded quartzose sand" and "basal clay greenish with small scattered clay balls and lenses"
Environment:	"channel"
Geology comments: "lateral edge of a stream channel deposit"

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils
Articulated whole bodies:	none
Associated major elements:	none
Disassociated major elements:	some
Disassociated minor elements:	many

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	bulk,surface (float),sieve,field collection
Collection size:	85 specimens
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:NISP about 85

Metadata

Also known as:	basal Unit B
Database number:	18450
Authorizer:	J. Alroy, J. Bloch	Enterer:	J. Alroy, R. Hulbert
Modifier:	J. Alroy	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	1992-08-05 00:00:00	Last modified:	2006-12-14 00:46:17
Access level:	the public	Released:	1992-08-05 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

3676.

R. L. Wilson. 1968. Systematics and faunal analysis of a Lower Pliocene vertebrate assemblage from Trego County, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 22(7):75-126 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294		J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
18120		J. Alroy. 2006. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
40825		J. R. Bourque. 2011. Reassessment of a putative fossil stinkpot (Kinosternidae: Sternotherus) from the late Miocene (Clarendonian) of Kansas. Journal of Herpetology 45(2):234-237 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
7494	5% 42580	P. Brodkorb. 1962. A teal from the lower Pliocene Of Kansas. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 252(2):157-160 [J. Hunter/J. Rezza/R. Hulbert]
1717		M. Green and J. A. Holman. 1977. A late Tertiary stream channel fauna from South Bijou Hill, South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 51(3):543-547 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
1799		J. A. Harrison. 1981. A review of the extinct wolverine, Plesiogulo (Carnivora: Mustelidae), from North America. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 46:1-27 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
1901		C. W. Hibbard and D. Jammot. 1971. The Shrews of the WaKeeney Local Fauna, Lower Pliocene of Trego County, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 23(24):377-380 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
7593		J. A. Holman. 1975. Herpetofauna of the WaKeeney local fauna (lower Pliocene: Clarendonian) of Trego County, Kansas. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 12:49-66 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
7595		J. A. Holman. 1984. Texasophis (Reptilia: Serpentes), an addition to the Miocene (Clarendonian) of North America. Copeia 1984(3):660-661 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
2897		T. H. V. Rich. 1981. Origin and History of the Erinaceinae and Brachyericinae (Mammalia, Insectivora) in North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 171(1):1-116 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]
3296		J. E. Storer. 1973. The Entoptychine Geomyid Lignimus (Mammalia: Rodentia) from Kansas and Nebraska. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 10:72-83 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]