Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.6° N, 108.8° W: paleocoordinates 50.4° N, 104.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Cypress Hills Formation, Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• said to be Hemingfordian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 17870: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.06.1994
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
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Michenia sp. Frick and Taylor 1971 camel | |
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Arretotherium cf. fricki Macdonald and Schultz 1956 anthracothere | |
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Merycochoerus cf. proprius Leidy 1858 oreodont | |
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Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
Archaeohippus stenolophus Lambe 1905 anchitheriine horse | |