ROM 14: Barstovian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Tomarctus hippophaga
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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| "hippophagus" | ||||||||||
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Aelurodon saevus
(Leidy 1858)
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= Epicyon cf. saevus
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Merycodus sabulonis
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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| recombined as Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) sabulonis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Cranioceras skinneri
Frick 1937
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= Procranioceras cf. skinneri
Frick 1937
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparionini indet.
Quinn 1955
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| "Merychippus cf. isonesus or Hipparion sp." | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates: | 49.2° North, 106.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.8° North, 102.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Barstovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wood Mountain |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | ROM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 18769 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-05-21 23:04:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3295. | J. E. Storer. 1971. The Wood Mountain fauna: an upper Miocene mammalian assemblage from southern Saskatchewan. 1(513) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |