PBDB Collection

Kleinfelder Farm: Barstovian, Canada

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae

	Scaphiopus (cf. Scaphiopus) alexanderi (Zweifel 1956)	Holman 1970	1 specimen
	ROM 7700, two left and one right ilia; two sacrococcyges. Unclear if all one specimen but only one number is given.
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae

	Bufo valentinensis Estes and Tihen 1964	Holman 1970	1 specimen
	ROM 7701, one right ilium and one vertebra
Reptilia - Anguidae

	Ophisaurus canadensis n. sp. Holman 1970	Holman 1970	1 specimen
	ROM 7705 (holotype), one body vertebra
Reptilia - Boidae

	Charina prebottae Brattstrom 1958	Holman 1970	1 specimen
	ROM 7706, six thoracic, 18 lumbar and 2 caudal vertebrae
Reptilia - Colubridae

	Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811	Holman 1970	2 specimens
	ROM 7711, two fragmentary vertebrae (poss. new spp.); 7712, 7 indeterminate fragmentary vertebrae

	Lampropeltis similis Holman 1964	Holman 1970	1 specimen
	ROM 7710, lumbar vertebra

	Paracoluber storeri n. gen., n. sp. Holman 1970	Holman 1970	2 specimens
	ROM 7707 (holotype), lumbar vertebra; 7708, four lumbar vertebrae

	Elaphe nebraskensis Holman 1964	Holman 1970	1 specimen
	ROM 7709, lumbar vertebra
Reptilia - Iguanidae

	Sceloporus indet. Wiegmann 1828	Holman 1970	1 specimen
	"nr. S. magister" ROM 7704, partial right dentary
Reptilia - Crocodilia

	Crocodilia indet. Owen 1842	Holman 1970	1 specimen
	spelled with current rank as Crocodylia
	ROM 7703, single bony plate
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

	Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835	Holman 1971
	A fragmentary piece of shell, probably a part of a fractured peripheral, ROM 7869, was collected by L. S. Russell in 1970.
Reptilia - Testudines

	Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)	Holman 1970	1 specimen
	synonym of Testudines
	ROM 7702, one costal bone
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

	Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

	Sciuropterus sp. Cuvier 1825
	= Petauristodon sp. Engesser 1979	Alroy 2002

	Tamias sp. Illinger 1811
	= Tamiini indet.	Alroy 2002
	synonym of Marmotini
	confirmed by Pratt and Morgan 1989; see Sutton and Korth 1995

	Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae

	Megasminthus tiheni Klingener 1966

	Schaubeumys cartomylos Korth 1987	Korth 1987
	"Plesiosminthus"
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

	Copemys kelloggae (Hoffmeister 1959)
	= Copemys niobrariensis Hoffmeister 1959	Alroy 2002
	synonym of Copemys longidens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

	Monosaulax cf. pansus (Cope 1874)	Voorhies 1990
	= Eucastor cf. tortus Leidy 1858	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

	Lignimus montis Storer 1970

	Diprionomys arcarius Korth 1996	Korth 1996
	recombined as Mioheteromys arcarius
	"D. cf. agrarius"

	Perognathoides kleinfelderi n. sp. Storer 1970

	Harrymys canadensis n. sp. Korth 1995	Korth 1995
	new specimen (1 measurement)

	Mookomys sp. Wood 1931	Korth 1997
	= Perognathus trojectioansrum Korth 1979	Alroy 2002
	"P. sp." of Korth 1994c

	Perognathus saskatchewanensis n. sp. Storer 1970

	Peridiomys borealis n. sp. Storer 1970
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae

	Pseudadjidaumo russelli (Storer 1970)
	recombined as Leptodontomys russelli
Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae

	Mylagaulus cf. laevis Matthew 1902	Korth 2000
	= Pterogaulus sp. Korth 2000	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

	Hypolagus cf. vetus (Kellogg 1910)
	= Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917	Alroy 2002
	assigned to "H. cf. gidleyi" by White 1988, but some material figured as "H. parviplicatus" with no discussion by White 1991a
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

	Russellagus vonhofi Storer 1970

	Hesperolagomys fluviatilis Storer 1970
Mammalia - Erinaceidae

	Brachyerix cf. incertis (Matthew 1924)
	synonym of Metechinus fergusoni
	confirmed by Rich 1981

	Untermannerix copiosus Rich 1981	Rich 1981

	Amphechinus sp. Aymard 1850
	confirmed by Rich 1981

	Parvericius cf. montanus Koerner 1940
	confirmed by Rich 1981
Mammalia - Talpidae

	Domninoides sp. Green 1956

	Scalopoides sp. Wilson 1960
Mammalia - Soricidae

	Trimylus sp. Roger 1885
	= ? Pseudotrimylus sp. Gureev 1971	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

	Sthenictis cf. dolichops Matthew 1924
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae

	Bassariscus cf. parvus Hall 1927
	= Probassariscus cf. antiquus Matthew and Cook 1909	Alroy 2002
	original and current combination Bassariscus antiquus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

	Tomarctus hippophaga (Matthew and Cook 1909)
	"hippophagus"
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae

	Ticholeptus sp. Cope 1878
Mammalia - Moschidae

	Blastomeryx cf. elegans Matthew and Cook 1909
	synonym of Blastomeryx gemmifer
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

	Hypohippus cf. osborni Gidley 1907

	Merychippus isonesus (Cope 1889)
	= Acritohippus cf. isonesus Cope 1889	Alroy 2002
see common names

Geography

Country:	Canada	State/province:	Saskatchewan
Coordinates:	49.2° North, 106.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	49.8° North, 102.6° West
Basis of coordinate:	stated in text
Geographic resolution:	small collection

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 5
*Period:	Tertiary
Key time interval:	Barstovian
Age range of interval:	16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields

Stratigraphy

Formation:

Wood Mountain

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	not reported
Environment:	terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	bulk,sieve
Reason for describing collection:	general faunal/floral analysis

Metadata

Also known as:	ROM 11
Database number:	18759
Authorizer:	J. Alroy, E. Vlachos, J. Head	Enterer:	J. Alroy, E. Vlachos, J. Head
Modifier:	T. Cleary	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	1993-02-18 00:00:00	Last modified:	2019-06-13 10:26:37
Access level:	the public	Released:	1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

3295.

J. E. Storer. 1971. The Wood Mountain fauna: an upper Miocene mammalian assemblage from southern Saskatchewan. 1(513) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

6294		J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
15074		J. A. Holman. 1970. Herpetofauna of the Wood Mountain Formation (Upper Miocene) of Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 7:1317-1325 [J. Head/J. Head]
63093		J.A. Holman. 1971. Climatic Significanceof Giant Tortoises from the Wood Mountain Formation (Upper Miocene) of Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 8:1148-1151 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
2108		W. W. Korth. 1987. Sciurid rodents (Mammalia) from the Chadronian and Orellan (Oligocene) of Nebraska. Journal of Paleontology 61(6):1247-1255 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
2125		W. W. Korth. 1995. A new heteromyid rodent (Mammalia) from the Barstovian (Miocene) of Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 32 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
2129		W. W. Korth. 1996. Geomyoid rodents (Mammalia) from the Bijou Hills Local Fauna (Barstovian), South Dakota. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 31(1):49-55 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
2132		W. W. Korth. 1997. A new subfamily of primitive pocket mice (Rodentia, Heteromyidae) from the middle Tertiary of North America. Paludicola 1(2):33-66 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
2143		W. W. Korth. 2000. Review of Miocene (Hemingfordian to Clarendonian) mylagaulid rodents (Mammalia) from Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 69(4):227-280 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
2897		T. H. V. Rich. 1981. Origin and History of the Erinaceinae and Brachyericinae (Mammalia, Insectivora) in North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 171(1):1-116 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]
3503		M. R. Voorhies. 1990. Vertebrate paleontology of the proposed Norden Reservoir Area, Brown, Cherry and Keya Paha counties, Nebraska. Technical Report, Division of Archeological Research, Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska 82-09 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]