Also known as Cypress Hills
Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.6° N, 109.9° W: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 100.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cypress HIlls Formation, Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the NMC
• NMC collection
Primary reference: E. D. Cope. 1891. On vertebrata from the Tertiary and Cretaceous rocks of the North West Territory: The species from the Oligocene or Lower Miocene beds of the Cypress Hills. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 3:1-25 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 101961: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.01.2011, edited by Mark Uhen and Terri Cleary
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Rhineastes rhaeas n. sp. Cope 1891 catfish
Amiurus cancellatus n. sp. Cope 1891 catfish
Amiurus maconnellii n. sp. Cope 1891 catfish | |
Amia whiteavesiana n. sp., Amia macrospondyla n. sp.
Amia whiteavesiana n. sp. Cope 1891 bowfin
Amia macrospondyla n. sp. Cope 1891 bowfin | |
Mammalia | |
"Palaeolagus turgidus" = Megalagus turgidus
"Palaeolagus turgidus" = Megalagus turgidus Cope 1873 rabbit | |
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Hemipsalodon grandis Cope 1885 creodont | |
Leptomeryx mammifer, Leptomeryx esulcatus, "Leptomeryx semicinctus" = Leptomeryx semicinctus, "Hypertragulus transversus" = Leptomeryx semicinctus
Leptomeryx mammifer Cope 1885 ruminant
Leptomeryx esulcatus Cope 1889 ruminant
"Leptomeryx semicinctus" = Leptomeryx semicinctus Cope 1889 ruminant
"Hypertragulus transversus" = Leptomeryx semicinctus Cope 1889 ruminant | |
"Elotherium arctatum" = Archaeotherium coarctatum, "Menodus americanus" = Archaeotherium mortoni
"Elotherium arctatum" = Archaeotherium coarctatum Cope 1889 even-toed ungulate
"Menodus americanus" = Archaeotherium mortoni Leidy 1850 even-toed ungulate | |
"Oreodontidae indet." = Merycoidodontidae
"Oreodontidae indet." = Merycoidodontidae Cook 1912 oreodont | |
"Anchitherium westonii" = Mesohippus westoni
"Anchitherium westonii" = Mesohippus westoni Cope 1889 anchitheriine horse | |
"Chalicotherium bilobatum" = Schizotherium bilobatum
"Chalicotherium bilobatum" = Schizotherium bilobatum Cope 1889 chalicothere | |
"Caenopus occidentalis" = Subhyracodon occidentalis, "Caenopus pumilus" = Subhyracodon mitis
"Caenopus occidentalis" = Subhyracodon occidentalis Leidy 1850 rhinoceros
"Caenopus pumilus" = Subhyracodon mitis Cope 1875 rhinoceros | |
"Menodus selwynianus" = Brontops selwynianus, Menodus angustigenis, "Menodus syceras" = Megacerops syceras, "Menodus proutii" = Titanotherium proutii
"Menodus selwynianus" = Brontops selwynianus Cope 1889 brontothere
Menodus angustigenis Cope 1886 brontothere
"Menodus syceras" = Megacerops syceras Cope 1889 brontothere
"Menodus proutii" = Titanotherium proutii Leidy 1850 brontothere | |
Reptilia | |
Peltosaurus sp.1 Cope 1873 squamates CGS 6234, osteoscute 6235, portion of a dentary; 1230, partial maxilla
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Trionyx leucopotamicus n. sp.
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Stylemys nebrascensis Leidy 1851 turtle |