Newcastle (Cretaceous of Canada)

Also known as TMP HC-4

Where: Alberta, Canada (51.6° N, 112.5° W: paleocoordinates 59.1° N, 76.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Drumheller Member (Horseshoe Canyon Formation), Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• = HCF A

•For revised age stratigraphy of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation, see Eberth and Braman 2012 and Eberth et al. 2020

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: R. C. Fox and B. G. Naylor. 1986. A new species of Didelphodon Marsh (Marsupialia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada: paleobiology and phylogeny. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 172(3):357-380 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14501: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• coordinate based on that of Michichi Creek (see)
only one taxon
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Stagodontidae
Didelphodon coyi Fox and Naylor 1986 metatherian