Hand Hills West Upper Level: Tiffanian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Microcosmodon woodi Holtzman and Wolberg 1977
    = informal Weil eucosmodontid woodi
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Baiotomeus sp. Krause 1987
Ptilodus sp. Cope 1881
said to be new
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Neoplagiaulax sp. Lemoine 1882
said to be new
Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni (Jepsen 1940)
Ectypodus cf. powelli Jepsen 1940
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
Apatemyidae indet. Matthew 1909
Mammalia - Pentacodontidae
Bisonalveus sp. Gazin 1956
Mammalia - Macroscelidea
Litocherus cf. zygeus Gingerich 1983
Litocherus cf. notissimus (Simpson 1936)
Mammalia - Viverravidae
Raphictis cf. gausion Gingerich and Winkler 1985
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion wyomingensis (Gazin 1956)
    = Ectocion collinus Russell 1929
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Leptacodon cf. packi Jepsen 1930
Mammalia - Pantolestidae
Propalaeosinopa septentrionalis (Russell 1929)
    = Bessoecetor septentrionalis Russell 1929
Scott et al. 2002
Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae
Carpodaptes hazelae Simpson 1936
Elphidotarsius wightoni Fox 1984
Mammalia - Primates - Saxonellidae
Saxonella sp. Russell 1964
    = Saxonella naylori Fox 1991
Fox 1991
said to be new DUPLICATE REF 1538 or 1539
Mammalia - Primates - Picrodontidae
Zanycteris paleocenus Matthew 1917
(1 measurement)
    = Picrodus sp. Douglass 1908
Scott and Fox 2005
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis rex (Gidley 1923)
Nannodectes simpsoni (Gazin 1956)
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyopidae indet. Osborn and Wortman 1892
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Ignacius frugivorus Matthew and Granger 1921
Mammalia - Dermoptera
Elpidophorus elegans Simpson 1927
Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae
Palaeoryctes cf. punctatus Van Valen 1966
Pararyctes sp. Van Valen 1966
said to be new
Pararyctes pattersoni Van Valen 1966
Mammalia
Peradectes elegans Matthew and Granger 1921
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 51.5° North, 112.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:57.7° North, 89.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Tiffanian
Age range of interval:60.90000 - 56.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Paskapoo
Local section:HandH Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:Fox 1988
Metadata
Database number:14954
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:40
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
1536. 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]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1538 R. C. Fox. 1991. Systematic Position of Pronothodectes gaoi Fox from the Paleocene of Alberta: Reply. Journal of Paleontology 65(4) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
14679 C. S. Scott and R. C. Fox. 2005. Windows on the evolution of Picrodus (Plesiadapiformes: Primates): morphology and relationships of a species complex from the Paleocene of Alberta. Journal of Paleontology 79(4):635-657 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]