PBDB Collection

Joffre Bridge Roadcut Lower Level (Paleocene of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (52.2° N, 113.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 61.7° N, 76.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Paskapoo Formation, Tiffanian (60.9 - 56.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: R. C. Fox. 1988. Late Cretaceous and Paleocene mammal localities of southern Alberta. Occasional Paper of the Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 6:1-38 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]more details

PaleoDB collection 14959: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• same as Fox 1990a

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Mammalia
Tribosphenida - Peradectidae	Peradectes elegans Peradectes elegans Matthew and Granger 1921 marsupial
Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae	Palaeoryctidae indet., Pararyctes pattersoni Palaeoryctidae indet. Winge 1917 eutherian Pararyctes pattersoni Van Valen 1966 eutherian
Macroscelidea -	Litocherus cf. zygeus, Litocherus cf. notissimus Litocherus cf. zygeus Gingerich 1983 elephant shrew Litocherus cf. notissimus Simpson 1936 elephant shrew
Placentalia -	"Lipotyphla indet." = Eulipotyphla "Lipotyphla indet." = Eulipotyphla placental
Tribosphenida - Pantolestoidae	Propalaeosinopa albertensis, Bessoecetor septentrionalis³ Propalaeosinopa albertensis Simpson 1927 placental Bessoecetor septentrionalis³ Russell 1929 placental
Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae	Erinaceidae indet., Litolestes ignotus Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog said to be new Litolestes ignotus Jepsen 1930 hedgehog
Soricomorpha - Geolabididae	cf. Stilpnodon sp. cf. Stilpnodon sp. Simpson 1935 placental
Procreodi - Arctocyonidae	Arctocyonidae indet. Arctocyonidae indet. Murray 1866 condylarth
Tribosphenida - Phenacodontidae	Ectocion collinus¹ Ectocion collinus¹ Russell 1929 condylarth
Dermoptera -	Elpidophorus elegans Elpidophorus elegans Simpson 1927 colugo
Primates - Picrodontidae	Picrodus sp.² Picrodus sp.² Douglass 1908 primate
Primates - Carpolestidae	Carpodaptes hazelae Carpodaptes hazelae Simpson 1936 primate
Primates - Microsyopidae	Microsyopidae indet. Microsyopidae indet. Osborn and Wortman 1892 primate
Primates - Paromomyidae	Ignacius frugivorus Ignacius frugivorus Matthew and Granger 1921 primate
Pantodonta -	Pantodonta indet. Pantodonta indet. pantodont
Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae	Ptilodus sp., Prochetodon sp. Ptilodus sp. Cope 1881 multituberculate said to be new Prochetodon sp. Jepsen 1940 multituberculate said to be new
Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae	Mesodma pygmaea, Mimetodon silberlingi, Neoplagiaulax sp., Neoplagiaulax cf. hunteri, Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni Mesodma pygmaea Sloan 1987 multituberculate Mimetodon silberlingi Simpson 1935 multituberculate Neoplagiaulax sp. Lemoine 1882 multituberculate said to be new Neoplagiaulax cf. hunteri Simpson 1936 multituberculate Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni Jepsen 1940 multituberculate

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