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Shorts Creek, Haskell County, Kansas, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)37.4833,-100.667
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on political unit
Given LocationKansas, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Haskell County, Kansas, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Shorts CreekOelrich T. M. (1953)"probably the equivalent of the Lower Kingsdown Formation" (Rinker 1949); "Sangamon... The strata in which the specimen occurred lie uncomformably upon the Upper Pliocene Rexroad Formation" (Oelrich 1953)0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Camelops sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Camelops0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Arctodus simus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Ursidae : Arctodus : Arctodus simus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Mammuthus columbi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae : Mammuthus : Mammuthus columbi0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Paramylodon sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Mylodontidae : Paramylodon0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Bufo woodhousei
species
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Bufonidae : Bufo : Bufo woodhousei0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Terrapene sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Emydidae : Terrapene0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Musculium sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Musculium0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Pisidium sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Sphaeriida : Sphaeriidae : Pisidium0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Lymnaea sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lymnaeidae : Lymnaea0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Physa sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Physidae : Physa0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Gyraulus sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Planorbidae : Gyraulus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Helisoma sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Planorbidae : Helisoma0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Menetus sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Planorbidae : Menetus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Helicodiscus sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Helicodiscidae : Helicodiscus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Gastrocopta sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Gastrocoptidae : Gastrocopta0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Pupoides sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Pupillidae : Pupoides0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Vertigo sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Vertiginidae : Vertigo0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Vallonia sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Valloniidae : Vallonia0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Hawaiia sp.
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Pristilomatidae : Hawaiia0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene

References

Riggs E. S. (1945) A Rare Cameloid from the Late Pleistocene Sands of Southwestern Kansas, Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 48 1, 101-104 doi:10.2307/3625038
Rinker G. C. (1949) Tremarctotherium from the Pleistocene of Meade County, Kansas, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 7 6, 107-112
Oelrich T. M. (1953) A new box turtle from the Pleistocene of Southwestern Kansas, Copeia 1953 1, 33-38
Tihen J. A. (1954) A Kansas Pleistocene herpetofauna, Copeia 1954 3-4, 217-221
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