Four Courners: Barstovian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus cf. vetus (Kellogg 1910)
    = Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917
Alroy 2002
"H. cf. gidleyi" of White 1988
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Amblycastor sp. Matthew 1918
Voorhies 1990
    = cf. Hystricops sp. Leidy 1858
Alroy 2002
original and current combination Hystrix (Hystricops)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Merychippus isonesus (Cope 1889)
    = Acritohippus cf. isonesus Cope 1889
Alroy 2002
Hipparion sp. de Christol 1832
    = Neohipparion sp. Gidley 1903
Alroy 2002
Hypohippus cf. osborni Gidley 1907
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aphelops sp. Owen 1845
    = Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Moschidae
Blastomeryx cf. elegans Matthew and Cook 1909
synonym of Blastomeryx gemmifer
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Cosoryx alticornis Frick 1937
    = Paracosoryx cf. alticornis Frick 1937
Alroy 2002
may be Ramoceros, see Voorhies 1990
Merycodus necatus Leidy 1854
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Cranioceras skinneri Frick 1937
    = Procranioceras cf. skinneri Frick 1937
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Camelidae
Procamelus sp. Leidy 1858
    = Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae
Ticholeptus sp. Cope 1878
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Tomarctus hippophaga (Matthew and Cook 1909)
"hippophagus"
Aelurodon saevus (Leidy 1858)
    = Epicyon cf. saevus Leidy 1858
Alroy 2002
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 49.2° North, 106.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.8° North, 102.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Barstovian
Age range of interval:16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wood Mountain
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
Also known as:ROM 12; SMNH 33
Database number:18758
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2007-05-21 23:05:40
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
3295. J. E. Storer. 1971. The Wood Mountain fauna: an upper Miocene mammalian assemblage from southern Saskatchewan. 1(513) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
3510 M. R. Voorhies. 1990. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Ogallala Group in Nebraska. In T. C. Gustavson (ed.), Geologic Framework and Regional Hydrology: Upper Cenozoic Blackwater Draw and Ogallala Formations, Great Plains 115-151 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]