Anxiety Butte (SMNH 72F10-0043) (Miocene of Canada)

Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.6° N, 108.8° W: paleocoordinates 50.4° N, 104.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cypress Hills Formation, Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• said to be Hemingfordian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. E. Storer and H. N. Bryant. 1993. Biostratigraphy of the Cypress Hills Formation (Eocene to Miocene), Saskatchewan: equid types (Mammalia: Perissodactyla) and associated faunal assemblages. Journal of Paleontology 67(4):660-669 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17868: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.06.1994, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
? Pseudoparablastomeryx sp.
? Pseudoparablastomeryx sp. Frick 1937 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Problastomeryx primus2
Problastomeryx primus2 Matthew 1908 musk deer
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceratherium sp.
Diceratherium sp. Marsh 1875 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet.1, Archaeohippus stenolophus
Equidae indet.1 Gray 1821 horse
Archaeohippus stenolophus Lambe 1905 anchitheriine horse
1Alroy 2002; 2Prothero 2008