Kealey Springs West
Basic information
Sample name: Kealey Springs West
Sample aka: KSW; SMNH Locality 72F10-0019
Reference: J. E. Storer. 1994. A latest Chadronian (Late Eocene) mammalian fauna from the Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciencesn 31(8):1335-1341 [ER 4146]
Geography
Country: Canada
State: Saskatchewan
Coordinate: 49.67° N, -108.94° W
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Formation: Cypress Hills
Time interval: Late Eocene
Zone: Chadronian
Geography comments: "a road cut on the south side of the road"
Kealey Spring is at "Lsd 10-30-8-22W3" according to Christopher and Yurkowski (2003, Sask. Industry Resources, Misc. Rep. 2003- 4.1): this is about 4 km WSW of Klintonel but not on a road, so the coordinate is for a point on 614 about 4 km SW of Klintone
said to be latest Chadronian based on the occurrence of both Chadronian and Orellan small mammals
Kealey Spring is at "Lsd 10-30-8-22W3" according to Christopher and Yurkowski (2003, Sask. Industry Resources, Misc. Rep. 2003- 4.1): this is about 4 km WSW of Klintonel but not on a road, so the coordinate is for a point on 614 about 4 km SW of Klintone
said to be latest Chadronian based on the occurrence of both Chadronian and Orellan small mammals
Environment
Lithology: not described
Methods
Life forms: rodents,ungulates,other small mammals
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 51 specimens
Years: 1988
Museum: Royal Saskatchewan Museum
Sampling comments: "discovered in 1988, and sampled by dry screening methods"
collected by Storer and Tim Tokaryk
collected by Storer and Tim Tokaryk
Metadata
Sample number: 4604
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2024-12-12 23:54:36
Modified: 2024-12-12 23:54:36
Abundance distribution
17 species
6 singletons
total count 51
geometric series index: 39.8
Fisher's α: 8.929
geometric series k: 0.8660
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8961
Shannon's H: 2.5265
Good's u: 0.8861
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| †Herpetotherium valens | 2 | |
| †Herpetotherium fugax | 7 | |
| †Domnina gradata | 2 | |
| Rhinocerotidae indet. | 1 | |
| Mesohippus cf. bairdii = †Mesohippus cf. bairdi | 2 | |
| Prosciurus sp. | 1 | |
| †Pseudocylindrodon neglectus | 1 | |
| Douglassciurus sp. | 1 | |
| "? Protosciurus sp." compared to P. jeffersoni | ||
| †Namatomys cf. lloydi | 2 | |
| Centimanomys sp. | 1 | |
| Paradjidaumo sp. | 6 | |
| †Adjidaumo maximus | 6 | |
| †Heliscomys hatcheri | 2 | |
| †Eumys elegans | 3 | |
| Cricetidae indet. | 1 | |
| small | ||
| Palaeolagus cf. hemirhizis = †Palaeolagus cf. temnodon | 10 | |
| †Megalagus cf. turgidus | 3 | |