Mt. Scott (UM-K1-60): Irvingtonian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus attenuatus Cope 1880
Holman 1987
Reptilia - Colubridae
Nerodia sipedon (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman 1987
Storeria cf. dekayi
Holman 1987
Heterodon sp. Latreille 1801
Holman 1987
compared to H. nasicus and H. platyrhinos
Thamnophis radix
Holman 1987
Elaphe vulpina (Baird and Girard 1853)
Holman 1987
Pituophis melanoleucus (Daudin 1803)
Holman 1987
Coluber cf. constrictor Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1987
Reptilia - Testudines
Pseudemys hibbardi Preston 1979
Holman 1987
nomen dubium belonging to Testudinoidea
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman 1987
Chrysemys picta (Schneider 1783)
Holman 1987
Pseudemys scripta (Schoepff 1792)
Holman 1987
recombined as Trachemys scripta
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Holman 1987
compared to T. spinifer
    = Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Alroy 2006
Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Sternotherus odoratus Latreille 1801
Holman 1987
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman 1987
Mammalia - Soricidae
Blarina brevicauda (Say 1823)
    = Blarina carolinensis Bachman 1837
Alroy 2002
"Blarina brevicauda carolinensis": confirmed by Jones et al. 1984 DUPLICATE REF 1886 or 1887 or 1888
Cryptotis parva (Say 1823)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Oryzomys fossilis Hibbard 1955
    = Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837
Alroy 2002
Synaptomys australis Simpson 1928
Reithrodontomys sp. Giglioli 1874
Peromyscus progressus Hibbard 1960
Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815)
Pedomys ochrogaster (Wagner 1842)
recombined as Microtus ochrogaster
Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus 1766)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapus hudsonius (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoridae indet. Gray 1821
"Paradipoides or Castor"
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Citellus sp. Oken 1816
    = Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Meade
Coordinates: 37.2° North, 100.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.2° North, 100.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Irvingtonian
Age range of interval:1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kingsdown Member:lower
Local section:Meade Local bed:9
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: sandy siltstone
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Geology comments: "a lens of fine sand to sandy silt"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: "7 tons of matrix were removed" and screenwashed
Metadata
Database number:20422
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-06-07 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-07-10 16:36:49
Access level:the public Released:1994-06-07 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
1887. 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]

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]
7825% 23960J. A. Holman. 1987. Climatic significance of a Late Illinoian herpetofauna from southwestern Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27(5):129-141 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]