Conglomerate Creek: Chadronian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Siluridae
Amiurus maconnellii n. sp. Cope 1891
Amiurus cancellatus n. sp. Cope 1891
Rhineastes rhaeas n. sp. Cope 1891
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amia whiteavesiana n. sp. Cope 1891
Amia macrospondyla n. sp. Cope 1891
Reptilia
Peltosaurus sp. Cope 1873
Gilmore 1928 3 specimens
CGS 6234, osteoscute 6235, portion of a dentary; 1230, partial maxilla
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx leucopotamicus n. sp. Cope 1891
NMC 6232 - type
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Stylemys nebrascensis Leidy 1851
Mammalia - Creodonta
Hemipsalodon grandis Cope 1885
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Daphoenictis tedfordi Hunt 1974
Hunt 1974
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae
Oreodontidae indet. Leidy 1869
Mammalia - Leptomerycidae
Leptomeryx mammifer Cope 1885
Leptomeryx semicinctus Cope 1889
Hypertragulus transversus Cope 1889
Leptomeryx esulcatus Cope 1889
Mammalia - Entelodontidae
Elotherium arctatum Osborn 1891
Menodus americanus (Leidy 1852)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotherium bilobatum Cope 1889
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Caenopus pumilus Cope 1886
Caenopus occidentalis (Leidy 1850)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium westonii (Cope 1889)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Menodus syceras Cope 1889
Menodus angustigenis Cope 1886
Menodus selwynianus Cope 1889
Menodus proutii (Leidy 1850)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolagus turgidus Cope 1873
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 49.6° North, 109.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.3° North, 100.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Priabonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Chadronian
Age range of interval: 37 - 33.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cypress HIlls
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NMC
Collection method comments: NMC collection
Taxonomic list comments:originally figured by Russell 1972
Metadata
Also known as:Cypress Hills
Database number:101961
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Barrett, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Uhen, T. Cleary
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-01-05 19:48:04 Last modified:2015-06-12 14:59:07
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-05 19:48:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
55503. 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]

Secondary references:

14538 C. W. Gilmore. 1928. Fossil lizards of North America. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 22(3):1-201 [J. Head/J. Head/M. Carrano]
1967 R. M. Hunt, Jr. 1974. Daphoenictis, a cat-like carnivore (Mammalia, Amphicyonidae) from the Oligocene of North America. Journal of Paleontology 48(5):1030-1047 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]