Canyon Ferry Reservoir 24LC15 (Oligocene of the United States)

Where: Lewis and Clark County, Montana (46.6° N, 112.1° W: paleocoordinates 48.2° N, 103.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: T. E. White. 1954. Preliminary Analysis of the Fossil Vertebrates of the Canyon Ferry Reservoir Area. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 103(3326):395-438 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 17074: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

• NOT in measured section
even split of specimens possibly from 24LC17 yields estimated NISP of 67
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
"Prosciurus cf. relictus" = Altasciurus relictus
"Prosciurus cf. relictus" = Altasciurus relictus Cope 1873 mountain beaver
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Paradjidaumo spokanensis n. sp. White 1954 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eumys cricetodontoides n. sp. White 1954 mouse
= elegans Setoguchi 1978; also includes "Eumys latidens" type and "Eumys spokanensis" type according to Wood 1980, who uses the name "E.
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Palaeolagus burkei Schlaikjer 1935 rabbit
- 16
Palaeolagus intermedius Matthew 1899 rabbit
- 2
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Leptomeryx evansi Leidy 1853 ruminant
 Carnivora - Canidae
Hesperocyon gregarius Cope 1873 canid
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
"Peratherium fugax" = Herpetotherium fugax
"Peratherium fugax" = Herpetotherium fugax Cope 1873 marsupial