Roche Percée: Ti4, Canada
collected by D. W. Krause

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Peradectes cf. protinnaminatus
Rankin 2018
Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae
Pararyctes sp. Van Valen 1966
    = Pararyctes pattersoni Van Valen 1966
Rankin 2018
Palaeoryctes sp. Matthew 1913
Rankin 2018
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
Unuchinia dysmathes Holtzman 1978
Rankin 2018
Labidolemur soricoides Matthew and Granger 1921
Rankin 2018
Mammalia
Titanoides sp. Gidley 1917
    = Titanoides cf. primaevus Gidley 1917
Rankin 2018
Mammalia - Cyriacotheriidae
Cyriacotherium cf. argyreum Rose and Krause 1982
described by Rose and Krause 1982: both UAR2 and UAR2a
Mammalia - Macroscelidea
Diacocherus cf. meizon Gingerich 1983
recombined as Adunator meizon
Litocherus lacunatus (Gazin 1956)
Litocherus cf. zygeus Gingerich 1983
Rankin 2018
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion osbornianus (Cope 1882)
    = Ectocion cf. cedrus Thewissen 1990
Rankin 2018
Phenacodus primaevus (Cope 1873)
    = Phenacodus sp. Cope 1873
Alroy 2002
    = Phenacodus magnus Thewissen 1990
Rankin 2018
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Arctocyon mumak (Van Valen 1978)
Rankin 2018
synonym of Arctocyon acrogenius
Arctocyon corrugatus (Cope 1883)
Rankin 2018
Chriacus sp. Cope 1883
    = Chriacus cf. baldwini Cope 1882
Rankin 2018
Thryptacodon australis Simpson 1935
Mammalia - Viverravidae
Viverravidae indet. Wortman and Matthew 1899
Rankin 2018
"gen. et sp. indet"
Raphictis cf. gausion Gingerich and Winkler 1985
    = Raphictis sp. Gingerich and Winkler 1985
Rankin 2018
Raphictis "sp. 1"
two forms, said to be new
Protictis paralus Holtzman 1978
Rankin 2018
Protictis cf. dellensis (Dorr 1952)
    = Didymictis cf. proteus Polly 1997
Alroy 2002
    = Didymictis cf. dellensis Dorr 1952
Rankin 2018
Didymictis dellensis Dorr 1952
Rankin 2018
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Leptacodon packi Jepsen 1930
    = Leptacodon sp. Matthew and Granger 1921
Rankin 2018
Nyctitherium sp. Marsh 1872
Rankin 2018
Mammalia - Lipotyphla
Lipotyphla indet. Haeckel 1866
Rankin 2018
synonym of Eulipotyphla
"gen. et sp. indet"
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Oncocherus krishtalkai Scott 2006
Scott 2006
Litolestes cf. ignotus Jepsen 1930
Mammalia - Pantolestidae
Bessoecetor krausei n. sp. Rankin 2014
Rankin 2014
Bessoecetor pilodontus Secord 2008
Rankin 2018
Palaeosinopa reclusum n. sp. Rankin 2014
Rankin 2014
Aatotomus placochton n. gen., n. sp. Rankin 2014
Rankin 2014
Aatotomus cf. placochton Rankin 2014
Rankin 2014
Propalaeosinopa sp. Simpson 1927
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis churchilli Gingerich 1975
(6 measurements)
Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae
Carpodaptes cygneus (Russell 1967)
(5 measurements)
    = Carpocristes sp. Beard and Wang 1995
Beard 2000
    = Carpodaptes stonleyi n. sp. Fox 2002
Fox 2002
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Ignacius frugivorus Matthew and Granger 1921
(6 measurements)
Mammalia - Primates - Micromomyidae
Micromomys vossae n. sp. Krause 1978
recombined as Foxomomys vossae
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Ectypodus cf. powelli Jepsen 1940
Mimetodon silberlingi (Simpson 1935)
(1 measurement)
Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni (Jepsen 1940)
Neoplagiaulax hunteri (Simpson 1936)
Mesodma pygmaea Sloan 1987
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Ptilodus kummae n. sp. Krause 1977
Prochetodon foxi Krause 1987
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Microcosmodontidae
Microcosmodon conus Jepsen 1930
Reptilia
Champsosaurus gigas Erickson 1972
Gao and Fox 1998 1 specimen
UALVP 33921 (skull and vertebrae); 'Near Roche Perceé [UAR2L]'
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Gardner and DeMar 2013
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961
Gardner and DeMar 2013
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Urodela indet. (Duméril 1805)
Gardner and DeMar 2013
Cryptobranchus saskatchewanensis n. sp. Naylor 1981
Naylor 1981
cf. Scapherpeton sp. Cope 1876
Gardner and DeMar 2013
Piceoerpeton willwoodense (Meszoely 1967)
Naylor and Krause 1981
"Roche Perceé sites"; atlantes UALVP 11766-11772 and trunk vertebrae UALVP 11757-11765 (originally reported as “UA 14809-14815” and “UA 14800-14808”, respectively)
Necturus krausei n. sp. Naylor 1978
Naylor 1978
UAR 2g
Amphiumidae indet. Gray 1825
Gardner 2003
UALVP 14316 (incomplete left dentary). Originally reported by Naylor (1978), who believed the specimen came from the Bug Creek Anthills and referred it to Proamphiuma cretacea, but subsequent examination of the original accession record indicates it came from a Roche Percée locality (Gardner 2003)
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Saskatchewan
Coordinates: 49.1° North, 102.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:53.8° North, 80.1° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Ti4
Age range of interval:60.90000 - 56.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ravenscrag
Local section:Cypress Hills Local bed:3
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,gray sandstone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Lithology description: formation consists "of fine-grained buff to grey sandstone, siltstones, and shale, with extensive lignite beds" (Scott 2006)
Environment:alluvial fan
Geology comments: formation's environment was an "alluvial plain" (Scott 2006)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,surface (float),sieve
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:D. W. Krause
Collection method comments: collected "in overburden that had been stripped during mining of therma coal" (Scott 2006)
Taxonomic list comments:this is a composite of several localities
Metadata
Also known as:UAR2; UAR-2; UAR2L
Database number:14978
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, R. Benson, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, P. Mannion, R. Benson
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2021-03-01 08:21:14
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]
1039 K. C. Beard. 2000. A new species of Carpocristes (Mammalia: Primatomorpha) from the middle Tiffanian of the Bison Basin, Wyoming, with notes on carpolestid phylogeny. Annals of Carnegie Museum 69(3):195-208 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/K. Beard]
7175 R. C. Fox. 2002. The dentition and relationships of Carpodaptes cygneus (Russell) (Carpolestidae, Plesiadapiformes, Mammalia), from the late Paleocene of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 76(5):864-881 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
37894 K. -Q. Gao and R. C. Fox. 1998. New choristoderes (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Upper Cretaceous and Palaeocene, Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada, a phylogenetic relationships of Choristodera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 124:303-353 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
39328 J. D. Gardner. 2003. The fossil salamander Proamphiuma cretacea Estes (Caudata; Amphiumidae) and relationships within the Amphiumidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(4):769-782 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
44340 J. D. Gardner. 2012. Revision of Piceoerpeton MESZOELY (Caudata: Scapherpetontidae) and description of a new species from the late Maastrichtian and ? early Paleocene of western North America. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 183(6):611-620 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
65027 J. D. Gardner and D. G. DeMar. 2013. Mesozoic and Palaeocene lissamphibian assemblages of North America: a comprehensive review. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 93:459-515 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano]
25669 B. G. Naylor. 1978. The earliest known Necturus (Amphibia, Urodela), from the Paleocene Ravenscrag Formation of Saskatchewan. Journal of Herpetology 12(4):565-569 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
25656 B. G. Naylor. 1981. Cryptobranchid salamanders from the Paleocene and Miocene of Saskatchewan. Copeia 1981(1):76-86 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
28586 B. G. Naylor and D. W. Krause. 1981. Piceoerpeton, a giant early Tertiary salamander from western North America. Journal of Paleontology 55(3):507-523 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
62689 B. D. Rankin. 2014. New pantolestids (Mammalia, Eutheria) from the late Paleocene (late middle Tiffanian) Roche Percée local fauna, southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 88(6):1199-1211 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
62690 B. D. Rankin. 2018. New late Paleocene (late middle Tiffanian) mammals from the Roche Percée local fauna, south-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16(5):361-393 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
24263 C. S. Scott. 2006. A new erinaceid (Mammalia, Insectivora) from the Late Paleocene of western Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 43(11):1695-1709 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]