Fossil Bush: Orellan, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Storer 1993
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Storer 1993
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
Storer 1993
Reptilia - Serpentes
Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758
Storer 1993
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Storer 1993
    = Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Alroy 2006
Mammalia - Leptictidae
Leptictis sp. Leidy 1868
    = Leptictidae indet. Gill 1872
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Daphoenus sp. Leidy 1853
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Hesperocyon gregarius (Cope 1873)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Palaeogalidae
Palaeogale sp. von Meyer 1846
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Mesohippus bairdi (Leidy 1850)
Miohippus cf. grandis (Clark and Beerbower 1967)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Subhyracodon sp. Wood 1927
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Elomeryx armatus (Marsh 1894)
Mammalia - Leptochoeridae
Leptochoerus sp. Leidy 1856
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
Protoceras celer Marsh 1891
Mammalia - Agriochoeridae
Agriochoerus sp. Leidy 1850
Mammalia - Leptomerycidae
Leptomeryx evansi Leidy 1853
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Megalagus turgidus (Cope 1873)
Palaeolagus haydeni Leidy 1856
Palaeolagus burkei Schlaikjer 1935
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eumys elegans Leidy 1856
includes type of "E. pristinus"
Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Prosciurus relictus (Cope 1873)
recombined as Altasciurus relictus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Eutypomys magnus Wood 1937
    = Oligotheriomys cf. magnus Wood 1937
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Adjidaumo sp. Hay 1899
Paradjidaumo sp. Burke 1934
Mammalia
Peradectes cf. minutus (McGrew 1937)
    = Nanodelphys cf. hunti Cope 1873
Alroy 2002
recombined as Nanodelphys huntii
Herpetotherium fugax (Cope 1873)
see Eberle and Storer 1995
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 49.6° North, 108.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.0° North, 100.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Orellan
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 31.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cypress Hills
Local section:NWoEE Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:incomplete and very preliminary list given by Storer 1993
numerous small mammals were reported by Russell 1972 as from "Rodent Hill, ROM V-37" but are from this locality instead
Metadata
Database number:17111
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-06-07 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:41
Access level:the public Released:1994-06-07 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
3318. J. E. Storer. 1996. Eocene-Oligocene faunas of the Cypress Hills Formation, Saskatchewan. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 240-261 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
18120 J. Alroy. 2006. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
3313 J. E. Storer. 1993. Additions to the mammalian paleofauna of Saskatchewan. Modern Geology 18(4):475-487 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]