PBDB Collection

Hand Hills West Upper Level (Paleocene of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (51.5° N, 112.3° W: paleocoordinates 57.7° N, 89.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Paskapoo Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 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 14954: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• Fox 1988

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Mammalia
Tribosphenida - Peradectidae	Peradectes elegans Peradectes elegans Matthew and Granger 1921 marsupial
Cimolesta - Pentacodontidae	Bisonalveus sp. Bisonalveus sp. Gazin 1956 eutherian
Cimolesta - Apatemyidae	Apatemyidae indet. Apatemyidae indet. Matthew 1909 eutherian
Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae	Palaeoryctes cf. punctatus, Pararyctes sp., Pararyctes pattersoni Palaeoryctes cf. punctatus Van Valen 1966 eutherian Pararyctes sp. Van Valen 1966 eutherian said to be new Pararyctes pattersoni Van Valen 1966 eutherian
Tribosphenida - Pantolestoidae	Bessoecetor septentrionalis⁴ Bessoecetor septentrionalis⁴ Russell 1929 placental
Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae	Leptacodon cf. packi Leptacodon cf. packi Jepsen 1930 placental
Tribosphenida - Phenacodontidae	Ectocion collinus¹ Ectocion collinus¹ Russell 1929 condylarth
Ferae - Viverravidae	Raphictis sp., Raphictis cf. gausion Raphictis sp. Gingerich and Winkler 1985 placental Raphictis cf. gausion Gingerich and Winkler 1985 placental
Dermoptera -	Elpidophorus elegans Elpidophorus elegans Simpson 1927 colugo
Primates - Plesiadapidae	Plesiadapis rex, Nannodectes simpsoni Plesiadapis rex Gidley 1923 primate Nannodectes simpsoni Gazin 1956 primate
Primates - Picrodontidae	Picrodus sp.³ Picrodus sp.³ Douglass 1908 primate
Primates - Carpolestidae	Elphidotarsius wightoni, Carpodaptes hazelae Elphidotarsius wightoni Fox 1984 primate Carpodaptes hazelae Simpson 1936 primate
Primates - Saxonellidae	Saxonella naylori² Saxonella naylori² Fox 1991 primate
Primates - Microsyopidae	Microsyopidae indet. Microsyopidae indet. Osborn and Wortman 1892 primate
Primates - Paromomyidae	Ignacius frugivorus Ignacius frugivorus Matthew and Granger 1921 primate
Macroscelidea -	Litocherus cf. notissimus, Litocherus cf. zygeus Litocherus cf. notissimus Simpson 1936 elephant shrew Litocherus cf. zygeus Gingerich 1983 elephant shrew
Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae	Ectypodus cf. powelli, Neoplagiaulax sp., Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni Ectypodus cf. powelli Jepsen 1940 multituberculate Neoplagiaulax sp. Lemoine 1882 multituberculate said to be new Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni Jepsen 1940 multituberculate
Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae	Baiotomeus sp., Ptilodus sp. Baiotomeus sp. Krause 1987 multituberculate Ptilodus sp. Cope 1881 multituberculate said to be new

¹Alroy 2002; ²Fox 1991; ³Scott and Fox 2005; ⁴Scott et al. 2002