SMNH 34: Barstovian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparionini indet. Quinn 1955
"Merychippus cf. isonesus or Hipparion sp."
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Merycodus cf. sabulonis (Matthew and Cook 1909)
recombined as Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) sabulonis
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Cranioceras skinneri Frick 1937
    = Procranioceras cf. skinneri Frick 1937
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Sthenictis cf. dolichops Matthew 1924
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Aelurodon saevus (Leidy 1858)
    = Epicyon cf. saevus Leidy 1858
Alroy 2002
Tomarctus hippophaga (Matthew and Cook 1909)
"hippophagus"
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopoides sp. Wilson 1960
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus cf. vetus (Kellogg 1910)
    = Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917
Alroy 2002
"H. cf. gidleyi" of White 1988
Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Mylagaulus cf. laevis Matthew 1902
Korth 2000
    = Pterogaulus sp. Korth 2000
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Monosaulax cf. pansus (Cope 1874)
Voorhies 1990
    = Eucastor cf. tortus Leidy 1858
Alroy 2002
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
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
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
Database number:18785
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2007-05-21 23:04:16
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]
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]
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]