Southfork: Chadronian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
- Hyaenodontidae
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Hyaenodon horridus
Leidy 1853
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Storer 1984 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Leptomerycidae
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Leptomeryx cf. yoderi
Schlaikjer 1935
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Storer 1984 | |||||||||
| probably includes "L. cf. blacki": Heaton and Emry 1996 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Entelodontidae
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Brachyhyops viensis
Russell 1980
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Storer 1984 | |||||||||
| first described by Russell 1980b (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Mesohippus sp.
Marsh 1875
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Storer 1984 | |||||||||
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= Mesohippus westoni
Cope 1889
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Storer and Bryant 1993 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Colodon occidentalis
(Leidy 1868)
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Storer 1984 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Hyracodontidae
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Hyracodon petersoni
Wood 1926
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Storer 1984 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Brontotheriidae indet.
(Marsh 1873)
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Storer 1984 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates: | 49.6° North, 108.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.2° North, 99.3° 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: | 37.00000 - 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
| Collection size: | 17 specimens |
| Taxonomic list comments:NISP 17, including "several" indeterminate brontotheres see Storer 1996 for geographic location | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 17023 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-09-27 18:36:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3304. | J. E. Storer. 1984. Fossil mammals of the Southfork Local Fauna (early Chadronian) of Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 21:1400-1405 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 3305 | 5% 26080 | J. E. Storer. 1984. Mammals of the Swift Current Creek Local Fauna (Eocene: Uintan), Saskatchewan. Natural History Contributions, Museum of Natural History, Regina 7:1-158 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
| 3319 | 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] |