Irish Spring: Chadronian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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Prosciurus sp.
(Matthew 1903)
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original and current combination Sciurus (Prosciurus) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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? Protosciurus jeffersoni
(Douglass 1902)
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= Douglassciurus jeffersoni
Douglass 1902
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heliscomyidae
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Heliscomys ostranderi
Korth et al. 1991
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Namatomys sp.
Black 1965
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= Eomyidae indet.
Winge 1887
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
could be Metanoiamys | ||||||||||
Aulolithomys sp.
Black 1965
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Paradjidaumo sp.
Burke 1934
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Eumys sp.
Leidy 1856
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cylindrodontidae
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Cylindrodon sp.
Douglass 1902
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Pseudocylindrodon sp.
Burke 1935
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Palaeolagus cf. temnodon
Douglass 1902
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Megalagus brachyodon
(Matthew 1903)
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Mammalia
- Geolabididae
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Centetodon sp.
Marsh 1872
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Molossidae
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Wallia sp.
Storer 1984
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Brontotheriidae indet.
(Marsh 1873)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Penetrigonias sagittatus
(Russell 1982)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Toxotherium hunteri
Wood 1961
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Mesohippus sp.
Marsh 1875
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Mammalia
- Entelodontidae
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Archaeotherium sp.
Leidy 1850
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Pseudoprotoceras sp.
Cook 1934
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Trigenicus profectus
(Matthew 1903)
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Mammalia
- Leptomerycidae
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"Leptomeryx" speciosus
Lambe 1908
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Merycoidodon sp.
Leidy 1848
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Mammalia
- Groeberida
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Herpetotherium sp.
Cope 1873
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 49.8° North, 108.7° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 51.4° North, 99.2° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Chadronian | ||
Age range of interval: | 37.20000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:more than 10 mi NE of the Anxiety Butte field area |
Metadata
Database number: | 16979 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1997-04-12 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-04-12 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3318. | 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] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |