Fossil Bush: Orellan, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Storer 1993 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Storer 1993 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Squamata
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Squamata indet.
Oppel 1811
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Storer 1993 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Serpentes
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Serpentes indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Storer 1993 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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Storer 1993 | |||||||||
= Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Alroy 2006 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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Prosciurus relictus
(Cope 1873)
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recombined as Altasciurus relictus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Eumys elegans
Leidy 1856
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includes type of "E. pristinus" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Eutypomys magnus
Wood 1937
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= Oligotheriomys cf. magnus
Wood 1937
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Adjidaumo sp.
Hay 1899
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Paradjidaumo sp.
Burke 1934
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Megalagus turgidus
(Cope 1873)
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Palaeolagus haydeni
Leidy 1856
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Palaeolagus burkei
Schlaikjer 1935
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Daphoenus sp.
Leidy 1853
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Palaeogalidae
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Palaeogale sp.
von Meyer 1846
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Hesperocyon gregarius
(Cope 1873)
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Mammalia
- Leptochoeridae
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Leptochoerus sp.
Leidy 1856
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Mammalia
- Leptomerycidae
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Leptomeryx evansi
Leidy 1853
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Mammalia
- Agriochoeridae
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Agriochoerus sp.
Leidy 1850
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Protoceras celer
Marsh 1891
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Elomeryx armatus
(Marsh 1894)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Miohippus cf. grandis
(Clark and Beerbower 1967)
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Mesohippus bairdi
(Leidy 1850)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Subhyracodon sp.
Wood 1927
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Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Leptictis sp.
Leidy 1868
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= Leptictidae indet.
Gill 1872
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
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Peradectes cf. minutus
(McGrew 1937)
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= Nanodelphys cf. hunti
Cope 1873
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
recombined as Nanodelphys huntii | ||||||||||
Herpetotherium fugax
(Cope 1873)
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see Eberle and Storer 1995 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Saskatchewan |
Coordinates: | 49.6° North, 108.8° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 51.0° North, 100.1° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Orellan | ||
Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 31.80000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Cypress Hills | ||
Local section: | NWoEE | 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:incomplete and very preliminary list given by Storer 1993 numerous small mammals were reported by Russell 1972 as from "Rodent Hill, ROM V-37" but are from this locality instead |
Metadata
Database number: | 17111 | ||
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:
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] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
18120 | J. Alroy. 2006. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
3313 | J. E. Storer. 1993. Additions to the mammalian paleofauna of Saskatchewan. Modern Geology 18(4):475-487 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |