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Wendell Fox Pasture, Meade County, Kansas, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	37.1333,-100.483
Co-ordinates Derivation	stated in text
Given Location	Kansas, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Meade County, Kansas, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Wendell Fox Pasture	Hibbard C. W., Bjork P. R. (1971)	Rexroad - upper		siltstone	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Botaurus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Pelecaniformes : Ardeidae : *Botaurus*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Egretta sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Pelecaniformes : Ardeidae : *Egretta*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Canidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Canis lepophagus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Canis : *Canis lepophagus*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Felis rexroadensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Felis : *Felis rexroadensis*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Buisnictis breviramus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Buisnictis : *Brachyprotoma breviramus*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Mustela meltoni species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Mustela : *Mustela meltoni*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Bassariscus casei species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Procyonidae : Bassariscus : *Bassariscus casei*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Procyon rexroadensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Procyonidae : Procyon : *Procyon rexroadensis*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Hypolagus regalis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Hypolagus : *Hypolagus regalis*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Nekrolagus progressus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Nekrolagus : *Nekrolagus progressus*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Paracryptotis rex species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : Paracryptotis : *Paracryptotis rex*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Nannippus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : *Nannippus*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Stegomastodon primitivus		4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Dipoides rexroadensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Castoridae : Dipoides : *Dipoides rexroadensis*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Ogmodontomys poaphagus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Ogmodontomys : *Ogmodontomys poaphagus*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Onychomys gidleyi species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Onychomys : *Onychomys gidleyi*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Geomys jacobi species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : Geomys : *Geomys jacobi*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Prodipodomys centralis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : Prodipodomys : *Liomys centralis*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Zapus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dipodidae : *Zapus*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Coluber constrictor species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : Coluber : *Coluber constrictor*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Elaphe obsoleta species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : Elaphe : *Elaphe obsoleta*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Heterodon plionasicus species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Dipsadidae : Heterodon : *Heterodon plionasicus*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Lampropeltis sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : *Lampropeltis*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Lampropeltis getulus species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : Lampropeltis : *Lampropeltis getulus*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Nerodia sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Natricidae : *Nerodia*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Pituophis sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae : *Pituophis*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Thamnophis sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Natricidae : *Thamnophis*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Agkistrodon sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Viperidae : *Agkistrodon*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Crotalus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Viperidae : *Crotalus*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Chelydra serpentina species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelydridae : Chelydra : *Chelydra serpentina*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Macrochelys temminckii species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelydridae : Macrochelys : *Macrochelys temminckii*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic
Hesperotestudo orthopygia species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Hesperotestudo : *Hesperotestudo orthopygia*	4.9 - 1.8 Ma Cenozoic

References

Oelrich T. M. (1952) A new Testudo from the upper Pliocene of Kansas with additional notes on associated Rexroad mammals, Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 55 3, 300-311

Woodburne M. O. (1961) Upper Pliocene geology and vertebrate paleontology of part of the Meade Basin, Kansas, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 46, 61-94

Hibbard C. W. (1963) The presence of Macroclemys and Chelydra in the Rexroad Fauna from the Upper Pliocene of Kansas, Copeia 1963 4, 708-709

Hibbard C. W. (1963) The Origin of the P3 Pattern of Sylvilagus, Caprolagus, Oryctolagus and Lepus, Journal of Mammalogy 44 1

Zakrzewski R. J. (1967) The primitive role, Ogmodontomys, from the late Cenozoic of Kansas and Nebraska, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52 52, 133-150

Hibbard C. W. (1967) New rodents from the late Cenozoic of Kansas, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52, 115-131

Brattstrom B. H. (1967) A succession of Pliocene and Pleistocene snake faunas from the High Plains of the United States, Copeia 1967 1, 188-202

Hibbard C. W. (1969) The rabbits (Hypolagus and Pratilepus) from the upper Pliocene, Hagerman local fauna of Idaho, Michigan Academician 1 1, 81-97

Hibbard C. W., Bjork P. R. (1971) The Insectivores of the Hagerman Local Fauna, Upper Pliocene of Idaho, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 23 9, 171-180

Bjork P. R. (1973) Additional Carnivores from the Rexroad Formation (Upper Pliocene) of Southwestern Kansas, Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 76 1, 24-38 doi:10.2307/3627248

Dalquest W. W., Donovan T. J. (1973) A new three-toed horse (Nannippus) from the late Pliocene of Scurry County, Texas, Journal of Paleontology 47 1, 34-45

Moseley C., Feduccia A. (1975) Upper Pliocene herons and ibises from North America, University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 12, 71-74

Carleton M. D., Eshelman R. E. (1979) , University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 21

Martin R. A. (1989) Early Pleistocene Zapodid Rodents from the Java Local Fauna of North-Central South Dakota, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9 1, 101-109

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

Alroy J. (2009) High-handed opinions on taxonomy and other matters

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