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
Latlng 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

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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

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "discovered in 1988, and sampled by dry screening methods"
collected by Storer and Tim Tokaryk

Metadata
Sample no: 4604

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2024-12-12 23:54:36

Modified: 2024-12-12 23:54:36

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
17 species
6 singletons
total count 51
geometric series index: 39.8
Fisher's α: 8.929
geometric series k: 0.866
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8961
Shannon's H: 2.5265
Good's u: 0.8861
Register
†Herpetotherium valens 2
†Herpetotherium fugax 7
†Domnina gradata 2
Rhinocerotidae indet.1
Mesohippus bairdii = †Mesohippus cf. bairdi (horse)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 hemirhizis = †Palaeolagus cf. temnodon 10
†Megalagus cf. turgidus 3