Blumenort (Eocene of Canada)

Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.9° N, 107.8° W: paleocoordinates 51.5° N, 98.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. E. Storer. 1996. Eocene-Oligocene faunas of the Cypress Hills Formation, Saskatchewan. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 240-261 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 16912: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.06.1994

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Taxonomic list

• "top of the section... evidently Chadronian"
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Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp.
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar
Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
"Procaprolagus sp." = Desmatolagus
"Procaprolagus sp." = Desmatolagus Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit
see also Storer 1993
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
"Leptomeryx" sp.
"Leptomeryx" sp. Leidy 1853 ruminant
see also Storer 1993
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Colodon occidentalis
Colodon occidentalis Leidy 1868 tapir
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Brontotheriidae indet.
Brontotheriidae indet. Marsh 1873 brontothere