Sandahl Gravel Pit: Irvingtonian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Sceloporinae indet.
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Holman 1971 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Scincidae
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Eumeces sp.
Wiegmann 1834
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Holman 1971 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Natricinae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Holman 1971 | 156 specimens | ||||||||
Tropidoclonion lineatum
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Holman 1971 | 45 specimens | ||||||||
Natrix sipedon
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman 1971 | 48 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Nerodia sipedon | ||||||||||
Thamnophis sp.
Fitzinger 1843
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Holman 1971 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
Heterodon (cf. Heterodon) platyrhinos
(Latreille 1801)
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Holman 1971 | 13 specimens | ||||||||
Colubrinae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Holman 1971 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
Coluber indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1971 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Crotalus (cf. Crotalus) viridis
Rafinesque 1818
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Holman 1971 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Teiidae
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Cnemidophorus sexlineatus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Holman 1971 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus imperator
(Leidy 1858)
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synonym of Mammuthus columbi | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Mylohyus nasutus
(Leidy 1868)
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= Mylohyus fossilis
Leidy 1860
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex cf. cinereus
Kerr 1792
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Citellus richardsonii
(Sabine 1822)
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
= Spermophilus richardsonii
Sabine 1822
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
recombined as Urocitellus richardsonii | ||||||||||
Cynomys cf. gunnisoni
(Baird 1855)
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= Cynomys niobrarius
Hay 1921
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Goodwin 1995 | |||||||||
Cynomys ludovicianus
(Ord 1815)
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
= Cynomys spenceri
Goodwin 1995
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Goodwin 1995 | |||||||||
Citellus tridecemlineatus
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= Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
Mitchell 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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Castoroides cf. ohioensis
Foster 1838
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Perognathus sp.
Maximillian 1839
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= Perognathinae indet.
Coues 1875
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys bursarius
(Shaw 1800)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Microtus pennsylvanicus
(Ord 1815)
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Microtus ochrogaster
(Wagner 1842)
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
= Pedomys ochrogaster
Wagner 1842
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
recombined as Microtus ochrogaster | ||||||||||
Onychomys sp.
Baird 1858
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Peromyscus cf. progressus
Hibbard 1960
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(4 measurements) | ||||||||||
Reithrodontomys cf. montanus
(Baird 1855)
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Zapus hudsonius
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Ambystoma tigrinum
(Green 1825)
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Holman 1971 | 18 specimens | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Scaphiopus bombifrons
Cope 1863
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Holman 1971 | 37 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Spea bombifrons | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo cognatus
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Holman 1971 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Bufo sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Holman 1971 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Bufo woodhousei
Girard 1854
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Holman 1971 | 16 specimens | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana pipiens
Schreber 1782
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Holman 1971 | 25 specimens | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Hylidae
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Pseudacris triseriata
(Wied 1838)
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Holman 1971 | 33 specimens | ||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | McPherson |
Coordinates: | 38.3° North, 97.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 38.3° North, 97.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Irvingtonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 1.80000 - 0.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | McPherson |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:"Sandahl Local Fauna" includes five other gravel pits possibly relevant: Paramylodon harlani McDonald 1995: "Sandahl" |
Metadata
Database number: | 20516 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Head | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Head | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3099. | H. A. Semken, Jr. 1966. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of the McPherson Equus Beds (Sandahl Local Fauna), McPherson County, Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 20(6):121-178 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
1685 | H. T. Goodwin. 1995. Systematic revision of fossil prairie dogs with descriptions of two new species. University of Kansas Natural History Museum Miscellaneous Publications 86:1-38 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
45663 | J. A. Holman. 1971. Herpetofauna of the Sandahl Local fauna (Pleistocene: Illinoian) of Kansas. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, the University of Michigan 23(22):349-355 [J. Head/J. Head] |