Journal article
Stratigraphy and paleontology of the McPherson Equus beds (Sandahl local fauna), McPherson County, Kansas
Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, Vol.20(6), pp.121-178
1966
Abstract
Pleistocene rocks collectively designated McPherson Equus beds in the past are heere divided into the Kansan Meade Group, including the Pearlette Ash Member, and the Illinoian McPherson (redefined) and Loveland Formations of the Sanborn Group. Fluvial re-entrenchment during late Wisconsin time allowed deposition of topographically low terrace deposits. Most fossil vertebrates recovered have been from the McPherson Formation as redefined. A micro-vertebrate fauna, consisting largely of mammal teeth, is here designated the Sandahl local fauna. Paleoecological interpretations based on extant species suggest a glacial rather than interglacial deposition for the McPherson. All fossil rodents and insectivores from the Sandahl have been recovered also from other Illinoian deposits.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Stratigraphy and paleontology of the McPherson Equus beds (Sandahl local fauna), McPherson County, Kansas
- Creators
- Holmes A. Semken
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, Vol.20(6), pp.121-178
- Publisher
- University of Michigan, Museum of Paleontology
- ISSN
- 0097-3556
- eISSN
- 2771-2192
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1966
- Academic Unit
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984516157702771
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