Croc Pot (Paleocene of Canada)

Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.5° N, 109.2° W: paleocoordinates 56.2° N, 83.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Ravenscrag Formation, Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: R. C. Fox. 1990. The succession of Paleocene mammals in western Canada. Geological Society of America Special Paper 243:51-70 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 14691: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Lissamphibia indet.2
Mammalia
 Condylarthra -
Desmatoclaenus sp.
Desmatoclaenus sp. Gazin 1941 placental
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Arctocyonidae indet., Baioconodon cf. denverensis, Loxolophus schizophrenus, Oxyclaenus sp.3
Arctocyonidae indet. Murray 1866 condylarth
Baioconodon cf. denverensis Gazin 1941 condylarth
Loxolophus schizophrenus Johnston and Fox 1984 condylarth
Oxyclaenus sp.3 Cope 1884 condylarth
 Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Procerberus sp.3, Cimolestes sp.
Procerberus sp.3 Sloan and Van Valen 1965 eutherian
Cimolestes sp. Marsh 1889 eutherian
 Theriamorpha - Leptictidae
Prodiacodon sp.
Prodiacodon sp. Matthew 1929 eutherian
 Multituberculata - Eucosmodontidae
Eucosmodontidae indet.1, "Cimexomys cf. gratus" = Stygimys gratus1
Eucosmodontidae indet.1 Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
"Cimexomys cf. gratus" = Stygimys gratus1 Jepsen 1930 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Taeniolabididae
Taeniolabis taoensis, Catopsalis sp.
Taeniolabis taoensis Cope 1882 multituberculate
Catopsalis sp. Cope 1882 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
cf. Prochetodon sp.
cf. Prochetodon sp. Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Neoplagiaulacidae indet., Parectypodus sp., Mesodma sp., Mesodma thompsoni, Mesodma formosa, Xyronomys sp.
Neoplagiaulacidae indet. Ameghino 1890 multituberculate
two forms
Parectypodus sp. Jepsen 1930 multituberculate
said to be new
Mesodma sp. Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
Mesodma thompsoni Clemens 1964 multituberculate
Mesodma formosa Marsh 1889 multituberculate
Xyronomys sp. Rigby 1980 multituberculate
1Alroy 2002; 2Gardner and DeMar 2013; 3Spivak 1997