Rodent Hill (Cypress Hills): Whitneyan, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
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Herpetotherium sp.
Cope 1873
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Diceratherium sp.
Marsh 1875
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Miohippus equiceps
(Cope 1878)
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Elomeryx sp.
Marsh 1894
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Protoceras sp.
Marsh 1891
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Mammalia
- Agriochoeridae
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Agriochoerus sp.
Leidy 1850
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Mammalia
- Leptomerycidae
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Leptomeryx sp.
Leidy 1853
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Pronodens sp.
Koerner 1940
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Mammalia
- Leptochoeridae
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Leptochoerus sp.
Leidy 1856
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Merycoidodontidae indet.
Cook 1912
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Nimravidae
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Dinictis sp.
(Leidy 1854)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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? Hesperocyon sp.
Scott 1890
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Daphoenus sp.
Leidy 1853
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustelidae indet.
Fischer 1817
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Mammalia
- Proscalopidae
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Proscalopidae indet.
Reed 1961
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Soricidae indet.
Fischer 1814
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Florentiamyidae
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Florentiamyidae indet.
Wood 1936
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Bell 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Eumys brachyodus
Wood 1937
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Proheteromys sp.
Wood 1932
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= Geomyoidea indet.
Bonaparte 1845
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomyidae indet.
Bonaparte 1845
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Bell 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heliscomyidae
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? Heliscomys sp.
Cope 1873
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Bell 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Namatomys sp.
Black 1965
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= Eomyidae indet.
Winge 1887
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Paradjidaumo sp.
Burke 1934
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eutypomyidae
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Eutypomyidae indet.
Miller and Gidley 1918
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Bell 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Bell 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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Aplodontidae indet.
Brandt 1855
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Prosciurus cf. magnus
Korth 1989
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Bell 2002 | |||||||||
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Prosciurus relictus
(Cope 1873)
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| recombined as Altasciurus relictus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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? Cedromus sp.
Wilson 1949
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Bell 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Palaeolagus cf. burkei
Schlaikjer 1935
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Megalagus primitivus
(Schlaikjer 1935)
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Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Leptictis sp.
Leidy 1868
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= Leptictidae indet.
Gill 1872
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates: | 49.6° North, 108.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.8° North, 100.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Late/Upper Whitneyan |
| Key time interval: | Whitneyan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 31.80000 - 29.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | NWoEE | Local bed: | 3 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: said to be late Whitneyan material is from "Several lithostratigraphic units": Bell 2002 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:does NOT include numerous small mammal specimens reported by Russell 1972 to be from "Rodent Hill, V-37" said to be late Whitneyan, but much of this suggests a Geringian age to me: JA 24.1.97 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 17372 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1997-04-12 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-10-16 16:56:29 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-04-12 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] | |
| 7286 | S. D. Bell. 2002. Early Oligocene rodents from the Rodent Hill Locality in the Cypress Hills Formation, southwest Saskatchewan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):35A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |