Irish Spring (Eocene of Canada)
Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.8° N, 108.7° W: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 99.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: J. E. Storer. 1996. Eocene-Oligocene faunas of the Cypress Hills Formation, Saskatchewan. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 240-261 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 16979: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.04.1997
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Taxonomic list
• more than 10 mi NE of the Anxiety Butte field area
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Mammalia | |
Prosciurus sp. Matthew 1903 mountain beaver | |
Douglassciurus jeffersoni Douglass 1902 squirrel | |
Heliscomys ostranderi Korth et al. 1991 rodent | |
Eomyidae indet. Winge 1887 rodent
Aulolithomys sp. Black 1965 rodent
Paradjidaumo sp. Burke 1934 rodent | |
Eumys sp. Leidy 1856 mouse | |
Cylindrodon sp. Douglass 1902 rodent
Pseudocylindrodon sp. Burke 1935 rodent | |
Palaeolagus cf. temnodon Douglass 1902 rabbit
Megalagus brachyodon Matthew 1903 rabbit | |
Centetodon sp. Marsh 1872 placental | |
Wallia sp. Storer 1984 free-tailed bat | |
Brontotheriidae indet. Marsh 1873 brontothere | |
Penetrigonias sagittatus Russell 1982 rhinoceros | |
Toxotherium hunteri Wood 1961 odd-toed ungulate | |
Mesohippus sp. Marsh 1875 anchitheriine horse | |
Archaeotherium sp. Leidy 1850 even-toed ungulate | |
Pseudoprotoceras sp. Cook 1934 protoceratid
Trigenicus profectus Matthew 1903 protoceratid | |
"Leptomeryx" speciosus Lambe 1908 ruminant | |
Merycoidodon sp. Leidy 1848 oreodont | |
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid | |
Herpetotherium sp. Cope 1873 marsupial |