Calgary 2E/7E (Paleocene of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (51.0° N, 114.1° W: paleocoordinates 58.2° N, 89.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Porcupine Hills Formation, Torrejonian (63.8 - 60.9 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 14822: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

• same as Fox 1988
Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
Anconodon cochranensis Russell 1929 multituberculate
Anconodon gidleyi Simpson 1935 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Baiotomeus cf. douglassi Simpson 1935 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Neoplagiaulacidae indet. Ameghino 1890 multituberculate
Neoplagiaulax sp. Lemoine 1882 multituberculate
said to be new
 Multituberculata - Taeniolabididae
Catopsalis calgariensis Russell 1926 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Eucosmodontidae
Eucosmodon molestus Cope 1886 multituberculate
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Tetraclaenodon cf. puercensis Cope 1881 condylarth
presumably includes "T. septentrionalis" Thewissen 1990, which replaced additional form "cf. Tetraclaenodon"
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
"Arctocyon cf. montanensis" = Arctocyon corrugatus1
"Arctocyon cf. montanensis" = Arctocyon corrugatus1 Cope 1883 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Viverravidae
Protictis sp. Matthew placental
 Primates - Plesiadapidae
Pronothodectes sp. Gidley 1923 primate
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Scapherpeton sp.2 Cope 1876 salamander