Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (50.2° N, 107.6° W: paleocoordinates 52.8° N, 94.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cypress Hills Formation, Late/Upper Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)
• locality occurs "in the upper beds" of a 15 m section
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone and conglomerate
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), sieve,
Primary reference: J. E. Storer. 1984. Mammals of the Swift Current Creek Local Fauna (Eocene: Uintan), Saskatchewan. Natural History Contributions, Museum of Natural History, Regina 7:1-158 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 16626: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
•reported NISP of 1120, but 125 are of generically indeterminate taxa, for a total of 995
•type of "Trigenicus" mammifer mentioned by Frick 1937 and Scott 1940 probably from Calf Creek or another Chadronian locality
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Herpetotherium knighti1, "Copedelphys innominata" = Herpetotherium innominatum1, Herpetotherium marsupium1
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Peradectes californicus Stock 1936 marsupial | |
Didelphodus serus Storer 1984 eutherian
Palaeictops borealis Russell 1965 eutherian | |
Apatemys hendryi Robinson 1966 eutherian | |
Hyopsodus fastigatus n. sp.4
Hyopsodus fastigatus n. sp.4 Russell and Wickenden 1933 condylarth described by Russell and Wickenden 1933
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Chiroptera "indet. sp. 1" Blumenbach 1779 bat
Chiroptera "indet. sp. 2" Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Wallia scalopidens Storer 1984 free-tailed bat originally said to be a bat, but assigned to the Proscalopidae by Storer 1996
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Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821 insectivoran | |
Harpagolestes sp. Wortman 1901 condylarth | |
Brontotheriidae indet. Marsh 1873 brontothere | |
Epihippus cf. gracilis Marsh 1871 horse | |
Colodon cf. kayi Hough 1955 tapir
Dilophodon sp. Scott 1883 tapir | |
Leptoreodon marshi Wortman 1898 protoceratid | |
Protoreodon pumilus Marsh 1875 agriochoerid | |
Oromerycidae indet. Gazin 1955 even-toed ungulate | |
Ibarus ignotus Storer 1984 even-toed ungulate | |
Auxontodon processus Storer 1984 even-toed ungulate
Mytonomeryx scotti Gazin 1955 even-toed ungulate | |
Caniformia "indet. sp. 1" Kretzoi 1943 carnivoran | |
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Centetodon aztecus Lillegraven et al. 1981 placental | |
Oligoryctes sp. Hough 1956 placental | |
Nyctitherium sp. Marsh 1872 placental | |
Domnina sp. Cope 1873 shrew | |
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog | |
Leporidae indet., "Procaprolagus vusillus" = Desmatolagus vusillus
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
"Procaprolagus vusillus" = Desmatolagus vusillus Storer 1984 rabbit | |
Prosciurinae indet. Wilson 1949 mountain beaver | |
"Anonymus sp." = Churcheria7, Microparamys solidus, Microparamys dubius, Leptotomus sp., Leptotomus guildayi, Pseudotomus cf. eugenei
Microparamys solidus Storer 1984 rodent
Microparamys dubius Wood 1949 rodent
Leptotomus sp. Matthew 1910 rodent
Leptotomus guildayi Black 1971 rodent
Pseudotomus cf. eugenei Burke 1935 rodent | |
Protadjidaumo altilophus Storer 1984 rodent | |
Janimus mirus Storer 1984 rodent | |
Pseudocylindrodon citofluminis Storer 1984 rodent | |
Thylacaelurus campester Storer 1984 placental | |
Trogolemur storeri n. sp.6
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Ectypodus lovei Sloan 1966 multituberculate | |
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