Also known as ROM 11
Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.2° N, 106.0° W: paleocoordinates 49.8° N, 102.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Wood Mountain Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve
Primary reference: J. E. Storer. 1971. The Wood Mountain fauna: an upper Miocene mammalian assemblage from southern Saskatchewan. 1(513) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 18759: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jason Head and Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Scaphiopus (cf. Scaphiopus) alexanderi2 Zweifel 1956 spadefoot toad ROM 7700, two left and one right ilia; two sacrococcyges. Unclear if all one specimen but only one number is given.
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Reptilia | |
Ophisaurus canadensis n. sp.2
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Charina prebottae2 Brattstrom 1958 sand boa ROM 7706, six thoracic, 18 lumbar and 2 caudal vertebrae
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Colubrinae indet.2, Lampropeltis similis2, Paracoluber storeri n. gen. n. sp.2, Elaphe nebraskensis2
Colubrinae indet.2 Oppel 1811 colubrid snake ROM 7711, two fragmentary vertebrae (poss. new spp.); 7712, 7 indeterminate fragmentary vertebrae
Paracoluber storeri n. gen. n. sp.2 Holman 1970 colubrid snake ROM 7707 (holotype), lumbar vertebra; 7708, four lumbar vertebrae
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"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia2
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Geochelone sp.3 Fitzinger 1835 turtle A fragmentary piece of shell, probably a part of a fractured peripheral, ROM 7869, was collected by L. S. Russell in 1970.
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"Chelonia indet." = Testudines2
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Mammalia | |
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere | |
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel | |
Megasminthus tiheni Klingener 1966 jumping mouse | |
"Copemys niobrariensis" = Copemys longidens1
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Lignimus montis, "Diprionomys arcarius" = Mioheteromys arcarius6, Perognathoides kleinfelderi n. sp., Harrymys canadensis n. sp.5, Perognathus trojectioansrum1, Perognathus saskatchewanensis n. sp., Peridiomys borealis n. sp.
Lignimus montis Storer 1970 rodent
Perognathoides kleinfelderi n. sp. Storer 1970 rodent
Perognathus saskatchewanensis n. sp. Storer 1970 pocket mouse
Peridiomys borealis n. sp. Storer 1970 rodent | |
"Pseudadjidaumo russelli" = Leptodontomys russelli
"Pseudadjidaumo russelli" = Leptodontomys russelli Storer 1970 rodent | |
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Russellagus vonhofi Storer 1970 pika
Hesperolagomys fluviatilis Storer 1970 pika | |
"Brachyerix cf. incertis" = Metechinus fergusoni, Untermannerix copiosus7, Amphechinus sp., Parvericius cf. montanus
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Domninoides sp. Green 1956 mole
Scalopoides sp. Wilson 1960 mole | |
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Sthenictis cf. dolichops Matthew 1924 mustelid carnivore | |
"Probassariscus cf. antiquus" = Bassariscus antiquus1
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Ticholeptus sp. Cope 1878 oreodont | |
"Blastomeryx cf. elegans" = Blastomeryx gemmifer
"Blastomeryx cf. elegans" = Blastomeryx gemmifer Cope 1874 musk deer | |
Hypohippus cf. osborni Gidley 1907 anchitheriine horse |