UALVP Location 1 (Paleocene of Canada)

Also known as Dicamptodon antiquus type

Where: Alberta, Canada (54.3° N, 118.8° W: paleocoordinates 61.0° N, 97.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Paskapoo Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

• Approximately 62 Ma

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; silty shale

• Silty shales

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. G. Naylor and R. C. Fox. 1993. A new ambystomatid salamander, Dicamptodon antiquus n.sp., from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 30:814-818 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133214: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 05.09.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Osteoglossomorpha indet.
Osteoglossomorpha indet. Greenwood et al. 1966
 Esociformes - Esocidae
Esox tiemani
 Percopsiformes - Percopsidae
Percopsidae indet.
Percopsidae indet. Regan 1911
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Dicamptodon antiquus n. sp.
Dicamptodon antiquus n. sp. Naylor and Fox 1993 Pacific giant salamander
UALVP 32387 - type (partial skeleton)