Kishenehn Locality E3 (Eocene of Canada)
Where: British Columbia, Canada (49.0° N, 114.4° W: paleocoordinates 51.0° N, 105.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Kishenehn Formation, Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: L. S. Russell. 1954. Mammalian fauna of the Kishenehn Formation, southeastern British Columbia. Canada National Museum Bulletin 132:92-111 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
PaleoDB collection 16983: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.07.1994
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Taxonomic list
• Constentius et al. 1989 list the following from Kishenehn sites in British Columbia and Montana, all of which come from within uppermost Coal Creek or lowermost Pinchot members: Domnina sp. (two forms) Oligoryctes sp. cf. Ocajila sp. Talpidae indet. Plagiomenidae indet. - Tarkadectes montanensis: see McKenna 1990 ? Mytonolagus sp. Aplodontidae indet. (two or three forms) Sciuridae indet. (two forms) Cricetidae indet. (two new genera) Cylindrodontidae indet. (in addition to P. "sylvaticus" Adjidaumo sp. (in addtion to A. burkei) Paradjidaumo sp. (in addition to P. alberti) Merycoidodon cf. culbertsoni (from Commerce Creek; probably within 2 mi of E4)
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| Mammalia | |
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Palaeolaginae indet. Dice 1929 rabbit | |
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Pseudocylindrodon neglectus Burke 1935 rodent | |