PBDB Collection

Kealey Springs: Monroecreekian, Canada

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

unclassified

	Namatomyinae indet.	Storer 2002
Osteichthyes

	Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880	Storer 2002
	"fishes"
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

	Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835	Storer 2002
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

	Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
	omitted by Storer 2002
	= Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825	Alroy 2006
Mammalia

	Nanodelphys sp. McGrew 1937	Storer 2002

	Peratherium sp. Aymard 1850	Storer 1996
	(6 measurements)
	= Herpetotherium sp. Cope 1873	Alroy 2002
	= Herpetotherium youngi McGrew 1937	Storer 2002
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

	Miohippus sp. Marsh 1874
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae

	Elomeryx sp. Marsh 1894
Mammalia - Leptomerycidae

	Leptomeryx sp. Leidy 1853
Mammalia - Tayassuidae

	Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae

	Promerycochoerus sp. Douglass 1901
	= Merycoidodontidae indet. Cook 1912	Alroy 2002

	Sespia sp. (Stock 1930)
	original and current combination Leptauchenia (Sespia)
Mammalia - Camelidae

	Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae

	Felidae indet. Gray 1821	Storer 1996
	= Nimravidae indet. Cope 1880	Alroy 2002
	possibly same as Nimravus brachyops from
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

	Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

	Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
Mammalia - Proscalopidae

	Proscalops sp. Matthew 1901
	(1 measurement)
	= Proscalops secundus Matthew 1909	Storer 2002
Mammalia - Soricidae

	Domnina cf. dakotensis Macdonald 1970	Storer 2002
	(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Geolabididae

	Centetodon divaricatus Korth 1992	Storer 2002
Mammalia - Erinaceidae

	Parvericius cf. montanus Koerner 1940	Storer 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Allomyidae

	Parallomys cf. americanus Korth 1992	Storer 2002
	(1 measurement)

	Allomys sp. Marsh 1877
	(6 measurements)
	= Downsimus chadwicki Macdonald 1970	Storer 2002

	? Alwoodia sp. Rensberger 1983	Storer 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Florentiamyidae

	Florentiamys tiptoni (Macdonald 1970)	Storer 2002
	(6 measurements)

	Hitonkala macdonaldtau Korth 1992	Storer 2002
	(5 measurements)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

	Leidymys sp. Wood 1936	Storer 1996
	(6 measurements)
	= Leidymys korthi n. sp. Williams and Storer 1998	Williams and Storer 1998

	Geringia gloveri (Macdonald 1970)	Williams and Storer 1998
	(6 measurements)

	Scottimus sp. Wood 1937	Williams and Storer 1998

	Paciculus nebraskensis Alker 1969	Williams and Storer 1998
	(6 measurements)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae

	Zapodidae indet. Coues 1875
	(1 measurement)
	= Plesiosminthus geringensis Martin 1974	Storer 2002
	= Plesiosminthus clivosus Galbreath 1953	Alroy 2002
	recombined as Schaubeumys clivosus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae

	Eomyidae indet. Winge 1887
	(1 measurement)
	= Pseudotheridomys cf. hesperus Wilson 1960	Williams and Storer 1998

	Leptodontomys sp. Shotwell 1956	Storer 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

	Pleurolicus sp. Cope 1878
	(1 measurement)
	= Schizodontomys harkseni Macdonald 1970	Storer 2002

	Heteromyidae indet. Gray 1868
	(6 measurements)
	= Proheteromys ironcloudi Macdonald 1963	Storer 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eutypomyidae

	Eutypomys sp. Matthew 1905
	= Eutypomyidae indet. Miller and Gidley 1918	Alroy 2002
	= Eutypomys cf. montanensis Wood and Konizeski 1965	Storer 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

	Palaeocastor sp. Leidy 1869
	= Castoridae indet. Gray 1821	Storer 2002
	large form

	Castoridae indet. Gray 1821	Storer 2002
	medium-sized form
Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae

	Promylagaulus cf. riggsi McGrew 1941	Storer 2002
	(1 measurement)

	Mylagaulidae indet. Cope 1881
	(1 measurement)
	= Trilaccogaulus ovatus Rensberger 1979	Storer 2002

	Meniscomys sp. Cope 1878	Storer 1996
	(6 measurements)
	= Crucimys sp. Rensberger 1980	Alroy 2002
	= Crucimys milleri Macdonald 1970	Storer 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae

	Prosciurinae indet. Wilson 1949	Storer 2002

	Campestrallomys cf. dawsonae (Macdonald 1963)	Storer 2002
	(6 measurements)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

	Protosciurus sp. Black 1963	Storer 2002

	Nototamias quadratus Korth 1992	Storer 2002
	(6 measurements)

	Protospermophilus sp. Gazin 1930	Storer 2002
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

	Gripholagomys lavocati Green 1972	Storer 2002
	(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

	Archaeolagus cf. primigenius (Matthew 1907)	Storer 2002
	(6 measurements)

	Palaeolagus sp. Leidy 1856
	(6 measurements)
	= Archaeolagus cf. macrocephalus Matthew 1907	Storer 2002
Mammalia - Chiroptera

	Vespertilionoidea indet.	Storer 2002
	a bat
Amphibia

	Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758	Storer 2002
Amphibia - Temnospondyli

	Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
	omitted by Storer 2002
see common names

Geography

Country:	Canada	State/province:	Saskatchewan
Coordinates:	49.6° North, 108.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	50.6° North, 102.6° West
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:	small collection

Time

Period:	Paleogene	Epoch:	Oligocene
Stage:	Chattian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 4
*Period:	Tertiary
Key time interval:	Monroecreekian
Age range of interval:	24.70000 - 23.10000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Cypress Hills
Stratigraphy comments: said to be about the same age as the upper Sharps Fm., but "medial Arikareean" and about the age of the Monroe Creek Fm. according to Williams and Storer 1998

Lithology and environment

Environment:

terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:

body

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:	general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:not the same as Kealey Springs West (see) "Several hundred specimens"

Metadata

Database number:	17526
Authorizer:	J. Alroy	Enterer:	J. Alroy
Modifier:	J. Alroy	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	1994-06-07 00:00:00	Last modified:	2007-03-17 00:06:55
Access level:	the public	Released:	1994-06-07 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

3313.

J. E. Storer. 1993. Additions to the mammalian paleofauna of Saskatchewan. Modern Geology 18(4):475-487 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294		J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
18120		J. Alroy. 2006. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
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]
7360		J. E. Storer. 2002. Small mammals of the Kealey Springs local fauna (early Arikareean; late Oligocene) of Saskatchewan. Paludicola 3(4):105-133 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
3645		M. R. Williams and J. E. Storer. 1998. Cricetid rodents of the Kealey Springs Local Fauna (early Arikareean; late Oligocene) of Saskatchewan. Paludicola 1(4):143-149 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]