Rockglen (Miocene of Canada)
Also known as Wood Mountain
Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.2° N, 106.0° W: paleocoordinates 49.8° N, 102.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Wood Mountain Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone and conglomerate
• from the "sands and gravels" of the formation
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: material is in the Redpath Museum, McGill University
Primary reference: B. G. Naylor. 1981. Cryptobranchid salamanders from the Paleocene and Miocene of Saskatchewan. Copeia 1981(1):76-86 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 75873: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 03.11.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• possibly the same as Wood Mountain (Loc. WM-2)
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| Amphibia | |
"Cryptobranchus matthewi" = Andrias matthewi
"Cryptobranchus matthewi" = Andrias matthewi Cook 1917 giant salamander | |