Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (50.2° N, 107.6° W: paleocoordinates 52.8° N, 94.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cypress Hills Formation, Late/Upper Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)
• locality occurs "in the upper beds" of a 15 m section
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone and conglomerate
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), sieve,
Primary reference: J. E. Storer. 1984. Mammals of the Swift Current Creek Local Fauna (Eocene: Uintan), Saskatchewan. Natural History Contributions, Museum of Natural History, Regina 7:1-158 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 16626: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
•reported NISP of 1120, but 125 are of generically indeterminate taxa, for a total of 995
•type of "Trigenicus" mammifer mentioned by Frick 1937 and Scott 1940 probably from Calf Creek or another Chadronian locality
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Mammalia | |
Ectypodus lovei Sloan 1966 multituberculate | |
Palaeictops borealis Russell 1965 eutherian
Didelphodus serus Storer 1984 eutherian | |
Apatemys hendryi Robinson 1966 eutherian | |
Chiroptera "indet. sp. 1" Blumenbach 1779 bat
Chiroptera "indet. sp. 2" Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Wallia scalopidens Storer 1984 free-tailed bat originally said to be a bat, but assigned to the Proscalopidae by Storer 1996
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Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821 insectivoran | |
Hyopsodus fastigatus n. sp.4
Hyopsodus fastigatus n. sp.4 Russell and Wickenden 1933 condylarth described by Russell and Wickenden 1933
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Harpagolestes sp. Wortman 1901 condylarth | |
Caniformia "indet. sp. 1" Kretzoi 1943 carnivoran | |
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Epihippus cf. gracilis Marsh 1871 horse | |
Brontotheriidae indet. Marsh 1873 brontothere | |
Dilophodon sp. Scott 1883 tapir
Colodon cf. kayi Hough 1955 tapir | |
Ibarus ignotus Storer 1984 even-toed ungulate | |
Mytonomeryx scotti Gazin 1955 even-toed ungulate
Auxontodon processus Storer 1984 even-toed ungulate | |
Leptoreodon marshi Wortman 1898 protoceratid | |
Protoreodon pumilus Marsh 1875 agriochoerid | |
Oromerycidae indet. Gazin 1955 even-toed ungulate | |
Centetodon aztecus Lillegraven et al. 1981 placental | |
Domnina sp. Cope 1873 shrew | |
Nyctitherium sp. Marsh 1872 placental | |
Oligoryctes sp. Hough 1956 placental | |
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Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog | |
Leporidae indet., "Procaprolagus vusillus" = Desmatolagus vusillus
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
"Procaprolagus vusillus" = Desmatolagus vusillus Storer 1984 rabbit | |
Pseudocylindrodon citofluminis Storer 1984 rodent | |
Prosciurinae indet. Wilson 1949 mountain beaver | |
Janimus mirus Storer 1984 rodent | |
Protadjidaumo altilophus Storer 1984 rodent | |
"Anonymus sp." = Churcheria7, Microparamys solidus, Microparamys dubius, Leptotomus sp., Leptotomus guildayi, Pseudotomus cf. eugenei
Microparamys solidus Storer 1984 rodent
Microparamys dubius Wood 1949 rodent
Leptotomus sp. Matthew 1910 rodent
Leptotomus guildayi Black 1971 rodent
Pseudotomus cf. eugenei Burke 1935 rodent | |
Trogolemur storeri n. sp.6
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Thylacaelurus campester Storer 1984 placental | |
Peradectes californicus Stock 1936 marsupial | |
"Copedelphys innominata" = Herpetotherium innominatum1, Herpetotherium knighti1, Herpetotherium marsupium1
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