Anxiety Butte (SMNH 72F10-0056) (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 17869: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.06.1994

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Archaeohippus stenolophus Lambe 1905 anchitheriine horse
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merycoidodontidae indet. Cook 1912 oreodont
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit