Sandahl Gravel Pit: Irvingtonian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sceloporinae indet.
Holman 1971 2 specimens
Reptilia - Scincidae
Eumeces sp. Wiegmann 1834
Holman 1971 1 specimen
Reptilia - Colubridae
Natricinae indet. Bonaparte 1838
Holman 1971 156 specimens
Tropidoclonion lineatum
Holman 1971 45 specimens
Natrix sipedon (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman 1971 48 specimens
recombined as Nerodia sipedon
Thamnophis sp. Fitzinger 1843
Holman 1971 12 specimens
Heterodon (cf. Heterodon) platyrhinos (Latreille 1801)
Holman 1971 13 specimens
Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811
Holman 1971 11 specimens
Coluber indet. Linnaeus 1758
Holman 1971 6 specimens
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Crotalus (cf. Crotalus) viridis Rafinesque 1818
Holman 1971 2 specimens
Reptilia - Teiidae
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Linnaeus 1766)
Holman 1971 1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus imperator (Leidy 1858)
synonym of Mammuthus columbi
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Mylohyus nasutus (Leidy 1868)
    = Mylohyus fossilis Leidy 1860
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex cf. cinereus Kerr 1792
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Citellus richardsonii (Sabine 1822)
(1 measurement)
    = Spermophilus richardsonii Sabine 1822
Alroy 2002
recombined as Urocitellus richardsonii
Cynomys cf. gunnisoni (Baird 1855)
    = Cynomys niobrarius Hay 1921
Goodwin 1995
Cynomys ludovicianus (Ord 1815)
(1 measurement)
    = Cynomys spenceri Goodwin 1995
Goodwin 1995
Citellus tridecemlineatus
    = Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820
Castoroides cf. ohioensis Foster 1838
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839
    = Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys bursarius (Shaw 1800)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815)
(1 measurement)
Microtus ochrogaster (Wagner 1842)
(1 measurement)
    = Pedomys ochrogaster Wagner 1842
Alroy 2002
recombined as Microtus ochrogaster
Onychomys sp. Baird 1858
Peromyscus cf. progressus Hibbard 1960
(4 measurements)
Reithrodontomys cf. montanus (Baird 1855)
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapus hudsonius (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Ambystoma tigrinum (Green 1825)
Holman 1971 18 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
Scaphiopus bombifrons Cope 1863
Holman 1971 37 specimens
recombined as Spea bombifrons
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo cognatus
Holman 1971 5 specimens
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768
Holman 1971 1 specimen
Bufo woodhousei Girard 1854
Holman 1971 16 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana pipiens Schreber 1782
Holman 1971 25 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae
Pseudacris triseriata (Wied 1838)
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]