Riddell (Pleistocene of Canada)
Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (52.2° N, 106.7° W: paleocoordinates 52.2° N, 106.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Riddell Member (Floral Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: T. SkwaraWoolf. 1981. Biostratigraphy and paleoecology of Pleistocene deposits (Riddell Member, Floral Formation, Late Rancholabrean), Saskatoon, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 18 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
PaleoDB collection 20635: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• this is not the same as Saskatoon sensu stricto or other "Riddell fauna" sites such as 63rd Street; taxa reported from the mbr. but not necessarily from this site by Skwara and Walker 1989 include the following: "Equus niobrarensis" Castor canadensis
Sangamonian: Skwara and Walker 1989
Sangamonian: Skwara and Walker 1989
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| Mammalia | |
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Proboscidea indet. proboscidean | |
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Equus conversidens Owen 1869 horse | |
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Camelops cf. hesternus Leidy 1873 camel | |
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Antilocapra cf. americana Ord 1815 pronghorn | |
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? Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer | |
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Vulpes cf. vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
Canis cf. latrans Say 1823 coyote | |
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Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
Lepus cf. americanus Erxleben 1777 snowshoe hare | |
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Thomomys talpoides Richardson 1828 northern pocket gopher | |
Lemmiscus curtatus1, Arvicolinae indet., Clethrionomys gapperi, Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus, Phenacomys intermedius, Ondatra zibethicus
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole
Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889 western heather vole
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat | |
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"Spermophilus richardsonii" = Urocitellus richardsonii Sabine 1822 Holarctic ground squirrel | |