Document Type
Thesis - campus only access
Date of Award
Spring 1974
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Geosciences
Advisor
Michael E. Nelson
Abstract
Fossil vertebrates were collected from the Ogallala Formation in Ellis County, Kansas. The sediments from which the fossils were recovered vary from fine silt and clay to very coarse gravels and represent marginal areas of a large river channel. The vertebrates represent members of a diverse community that occupied riparian and adjacent floodplain habitats. The twenty-one taxa of mammals present, together with a variety of lower vertebrates, provide information for paleoecologic interpretation. These taxa indicate a humid, subtropical climate, abundant deciduous vegetation along the river, grass covered slopes on the floodplain, with the existence of a nearby savannah. The stage of evolution of the mammals suggests an early Pliocene age for the local fauna.
Recommended Citation
Zehr, Danny D., "The Mammals from an Early Pliocene Local Fauna in Ellis County, Kansas" (1974). Master's Theses. 1550.
DOI: 10.58809/LJJJ9916
Available at:
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/theses/1550
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© 1974 Danny D. Zehr
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