Riddell (Pleistocene of Canada)
Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (52.2° N, 106.7° W: paleocoordinates 52.2° N, 106.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Riddell Member (Floral Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: T. SkwaraWoolf. 1981. Biostratigraphy and paleoecology of Pleistocene deposits (Riddell Member, Floral Formation, Late Rancholabrean), Saskatoon, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 18 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
PaleoDB collection 20635: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• this is not the same as Saskatoon sensu stricto or other "Riddell fauna" sites such as 63rd Street; taxa reported from the mbr. but not necessarily from this site by Skwara and Walker 1989 include the following: "Equus niobrarensis" Castor canadensis
Sangamonian: Skwara and Walker 1989
Sangamonian: Skwara and Walker 1989
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Mammalia | |
"Spermophilus richardsonii" = Urocitellus richardsonii Sabine 1822 Holarctic ground squirrel | |
Thomomys talpoides Richardson 1828 northern pocket gopher | |
Lemmiscus curtatus1, Arvicolinae indet., Phenacomys intermedius, Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus, Ondatra zibethicus, Clethrionomys gapperi
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889 western heather vole
Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Clethrionomys gapperi Vigors 1830 southern red-backed vole | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
Lepus cf. americanus Erxleben 1777 snowshoe hare | |
Equus conversidens Owen 1869 horse | |
Camelops cf. hesternus Leidy 1873 camel | |
? Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer | |
Antilocapra cf. americana Ord 1815 pronghorn | |
Canis cf. latrans Say 1823 coyote
Vulpes cf. vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox | |
Proboscidea indet. proboscidean |