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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Ectypodus lovei Sloan 1966 multituberculate | |
Peradectes californicus Stock 1936 marsupial | |
"Copedelphys innominata" = Herpetotherium innominatum1, Herpetotherium marsupium1, Herpetotherium knighti1
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Didelphodus serus Storer 1984 eutherian
Palaeictops borealis Russell 1965 eutherian | |
Apatemys hendryi Robinson 1966 eutherian | |
Thylacaelurus campester Storer 1984 placental | |
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Trogolemur storeri n. sp.6
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Prosciurinae indet. Wilson 1949 mountain beaver | |
Pseudocylindrodon citofluminis Storer 1984 rodent | |
Protadjidaumo altilophus Storer 1984 rodent | |
Janimus mirus Storer 1984 rodent | |
Leptotomus sp., Leptotomus guildayi, Microparamys dubius, Microparamys solidus, "Anonymus sp." = Churcheria7, Pseudotomus cf. eugenei
Leptotomus sp. Matthew 1910 rodent
Leptotomus guildayi Black 1971 rodent
Microparamys dubius Wood 1949 rodent
Microparamys solidus Storer 1984 rodent
Pseudotomus cf. eugenei Burke 1935 rodent | |
Leporidae indet., "Procaprolagus vusillus" = Desmatolagus vusillus
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
"Procaprolagus vusillus" = Desmatolagus vusillus Storer 1984 rabbit | |
Centetodon aztecus Lillegraven et al. 1981 placental | |
Domnina sp. Cope 1873 shrew | |
Oligoryctes sp. Hough 1956 placental | |
Nyctitherium sp. Marsh 1872 placental | |
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Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog | |
Protoreodon pumilus Marsh 1875 agriochoerid | |
Leptoreodon marshi Wortman 1898 protoceratid | |
Auxontodon processus Storer 1984 even-toed ungulate
Mytonomeryx scotti Gazin 1955 even-toed ungulate | |
Ibarus ignotus Storer 1984 even-toed ungulate | |
Oromerycidae indet. Gazin 1955 even-toed ungulate | |
Brontotheriidae indet. Marsh 1873 brontothere | |
Epihippus cf. gracilis Marsh 1871 horse | |
Dilophodon sp. Scott 1883 tapir
Colodon cf. kayi Hough 1955 tapir | |
Harpagolestes sp. Wortman 1901 condylarth | |
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Caniformia "indet. sp. 1" Kretzoi 1943 carnivoran | |
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821 insectivoran | |
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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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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