Yost Farm: Barstovian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Monosaulax cf. pansus
(Cope 1874)
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Voorhies 1990 | |||||||||
= Eucastor cf. tortus
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Mylagaulus cf. laevis
Matthew 1902
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Korth 2000 | |||||||||
= Pterogaulus sp.
Korth 2000
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus cf. vetus
(Kellogg 1910)
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= Hypolagus sp.
Dice 1917
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
"H. cf. gidleyi" of White 1988 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Russellagus vonhofi
Storer 1970
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scalopoides sp.
Wilson 1960
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Aphelops sp.
Owen 1845
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= Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hypohippus cf. osborni
Gidley 1907
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Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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= Neohipparion sp.
Gidley 1903
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Merychippus isonesus
(Cope 1889)
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= Acritohippus cf. isonesus
Cope 1889
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Tayassuidae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Procamelus sp.
Leidy 1858
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= Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Moschidae
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Blastomeryx cf. elegans
Matthew and Cook 1909
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synonym of Blastomeryx gemmifer | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Cranioceras skinneri
Frick 1937
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= Procranioceras cf. skinneri
Frick 1937
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Submeryceros minor
(Frick 1937)
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recombined as Merycodus minor | ||||||||||
Merycodus necatus
Leidy 1854
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Cosoryx alticornis
Frick 1937
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= Paracosoryx cf. alticornis
Frick 1937
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
may be Ramoceros, see Voorhies 1983 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Ticholeptus sp.
Cope 1878
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Pseudaelurus cf. aeluroides
Macdonald 1954
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Miomustela cf. madisonae
(Douglass 1929)
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Plionictis cf. ogygia
(Matthew 1901)
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Sthenictis cf. dolichops
Matthew 1924
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursavus sp.
Schlosser 1899
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Hunt 1998 | |||||||||
= Ursavus cf. primaevus
Gaillard 1899
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
may also include "Hemicyon sp." | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Leptocyon cf. vafer
(Leidy 1858)
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Aelurodon saevus
(Leidy 1858)
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= Epicyon cf. saevus
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Tomarctus hippophaga
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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"hippophagus" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone sp.
Fitzinger 1835
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Holman 1971 | |||||||||
A peripheral, NMC 8985 (Fig. 2); a partial peripheral, NMC 8991; a pygal, NMC 8985 (Fig. 2); and a dermal ossicle of the forearm, NMC 8991 (Fig. 2), were collected by Wann Langston, Jr., and L. S. Russell in 1955. | ||||||||||
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: | 15.97000 - 13.60000 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 1; SMNH 17, 29< | ||
Database number: | 18797 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-05-21 23:05:06 |
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] | |
63093 | J.A. Holman. 1971. Climatic Significanceof Giant Tortoises from the Wood Mountain Formation (Upper Miocene) of Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 8:1148-1151 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
1976 | R. M. Hunt, Jr. 1998. Ursidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America 1:174-195 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
2143 | W. W. Korth. 2000. Review of Miocene (Hemingfordian to Clarendonian) mylagaulid rodents (Mammalia) from Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 69(4):227-280 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
3503 | M. R. Voorhies. 1990. Vertebrate paleontology of the proposed Norden Reservoir Area, Brown, Cherry and Keya Paha counties, Nebraska. Technical Report, Division of Archeological Research, Department of Anthropology, University of Nebraska 82-09 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |