R.C.A. Corehole 66-1 (Paleocene of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (51.2° N, 114.1° W: paleocoordinates 58.3° N, 89.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Porcupine Hills Formation, Torrejonian (63.8 - 60.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 14769: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• town of Balzac is at 51*13' N 114*01' W, so this is at about 114*08' W
Mammalia
 Acreodi - Oxyclaenidae
Prothryptacodon albertensis Fox 1968 placental