Quantock: Barstovian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone sp.
Fitzinger 1835
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Holman and Tokaryk 1987 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotherium osborni
(Barbour 1916)
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Madden and Storer 1985 | |||||||||
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= Gomphotherium willistoni
Barbour 1914
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| synonym of Trilophodon osborni | ||||||||||
| "Gomphotheriidae indet." | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Bassariscus cf. parvus
Hall 1927
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= Probassariscus cf. antiquus
Matthew and Cook 1909
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Bassariscus antiquus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Pliocyon sp.
Matthew 1918
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= Amphicyonidae indet.
Haeckel 1886
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Tomarctus hippophaga
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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| "hippophagus" | ||||||||||
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Aelurodon saevus
(Leidy 1858)
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= Epicyon cf. saevus
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hypohippus cf. osborni
Gidley 1907
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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= Neohipparion sp.
Gidley 1903
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Merychippus isonesus
(Cope 1889)
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= Acritohippus cf. isonesus
Cope 1889
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Aphelops sp.
Owen 1845
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= Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Procamelus sp.
Leidy 1858
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= Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Moschidae
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Blastomeryx cf. elegans
Matthew and Cook 1909
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| synonym of Blastomeryx gemmifer | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Merycodus necatus
Leidy 1854
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus cf. vetus
(Kellogg 1910)
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= Hypolagus sp.
Dice 1917
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| "H. cf. gidleyi" of White 1988 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Mylagaulus cf. laevis
Matthew 1902
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Korth 2000 | |||||||||
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= Pterogaulus sp.
Korth 2000
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Monosaulax cf. pansus
(Cope 1874)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
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= Eucastor cf. tortus
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Amblycastor sp.
Matthew 1918
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
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= cf. Hystricops sp.
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Hystrix (Hystricops) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates: | 49.2° North, 106.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.8° North, 102.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
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
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
| Also known as: | ROM 4; SMNH 18 | ||
| Database number: | 18761 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-05-21 23:05:59 |
| 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] | |
| 728 | J. A. Holman and T. T. Tokaryk. 1987. A new specimen of giant land tortoise (Geochelone sp.) from the Wood Mountain Formation (Middle Miocene) of Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Science 24:2572-2574 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen] | |
| 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] | |
| 2394 | C. T. Madden and J. E. Storer. 1985. The Proboscidea from the Middle Miocene Wood Mountain Formation, Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 22 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 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] |