Lac Pelletier Upper Fauna: Duchesnean, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Peratherium sp. Aymard 1850
Storer 1996
    = Herpetotherium sp. Cope 1873
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Leptictidae
Leptictis sp. Leidy 1868
Storer 1996
    = Leptictidae indet. Gill 1872
Alroy 2002
Didelphodus sp. Cope 1882
Storer 1996
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Brontotheriidae indet. (Marsh 1873)
Storer 1996
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821
"cf. Orohippus (not Haplohippus)" according to Storer 1996, I take this to be a wild guess because there is no mention of Epihippus DUPLICATE REF 3312 or 3313 or 3314
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Colodon sp. Marsh 1890
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Heptacodon pellionis n. sp. Storer 1983
described by Storer 1983
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
Leptoreodon sp. Wortman 1898
Mammalia - Leptomerycidae
Hendryomeryx sp. Black 1978
Mammalia
Talpavus sp. Marsh 1872
Storer 1996
Mammalia - Geolabididae
Centetodon magnus (Clark 1936)
Storer 1996
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Nyctitherium sp. Marsh 1872
Storer 1996
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814
Storer 1996
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Tachylagus sp. Storer 1992
Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
? Prosciurus sp. (Matthew 1903)
Storer 1996
original and current combination Sciurus (Prosciurus)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Ischyromyidae indet. Alston 1876
Storer 1996
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
? Aulolithomys sp. Black 1965
Namatomys sp. Black 1965
Storer 1996
    = Metanoiamys sp. Chiment and Korth 1996
Alroy 2002
? Paradjidaumo sp. Burke 1934
Adjidaumo sp. Hay 1899
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eutypomyidae
Eutypomys sp. Matthew 1905
Storer 1996
Janimus sp. Dawson 1966
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Pseudocylindrodon sp. Burke 1935
Storer 1996
Mammalia - Plagiomenidae
Thylacaelurus sp. Russell 1954
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
? Trogolemur sp. Matthew 1909
Storer 1996
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae
Omomys sp. Leidy 1869
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Uintasorex sp. Matthew 1909
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Ectypodus lovei (Sloan 1966)
Storer 1996
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 50.0° North, 107.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.9° North, 97.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Duchesnean
Age range of interval:39.70000 - 37.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Local section:LacPl Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:list of Storer 1996 is based on two localities 15 km apart but apparently at exactly the same stratigraphic level
"Geomyoidea indet." is omitted by Storer 1996
Metadata
Also known as:DUPLICATE REF 3312 or 3313 or 3314
Database number:16846
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1994-06-07 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:41
Access level:the public Released:1994-06-07 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
3313. J. E. Storer. 1993. Additions to the mammalian paleofauna of Saskatchewan. Modern Geology 18(4):475-487 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
3318 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]