PBDB Collection

Diss Locality (Paleocene of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (53.0° N, 116.8° W: paleocoordinates 60.6° N, 91.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Coalspur 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 14828: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Placentalia -	Condylarthra indet. Condylarthra indet. Cope 1881 placental two forms
Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae	Promioclaenus sp. Promioclaenus sp. Trouessart 1904 condylarth
Theriamorpha - Viverravidae	Simpsonictis cf. jaynanneae Simpsonictis cf. jaynanneae Rigby 1980 placental
Placentalia -	? Creodonta indet. ? Creodonta indet. Cope 1875 creodont
Procreodi - Arctocyonidae	Colpoclaenus sp. Colpoclaenus sp. Patterson and McGrew 1962 condylarth
Placentalia -	"Lipotyphla indet." = Eulipotyphla "Lipotyphla indet." = Eulipotyphla placental said to be new
Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae	Propalaeosinopa sp. Propalaeosinopa sp. Simpson 1927 placental said to be new
Primates - Paromomyidae	Paromomyidae indet.¹ Paromomyidae indet.¹ Simpson 1940 primate
Cimolesta - Pentacodontidae	Aphronorus sp. Aphronorus sp. Simpson 1935 eutherian said to be new
Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae	Pararyctes sp. Pararyctes sp. Van Valen 1966 eutherian said to be new
Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae	Neoplagiaulacidae indet., Neoplagiaulax cf. nelsoni, Neoplagiaulax cf. nanophus, Parectypodus sp., Mimetodon sp. Neoplagiaulacidae indet. Ameghino 1890 multituberculate two forms Neoplagiaulax cf. nelsoni Sloan 1987 multituberculate Neoplagiaulax cf. nanophus Holtzman 1978 multituberculate Parectypodus sp. Jepsen 1930 multituberculate said to be new Mimetodon sp. Jepsen 1940 multituberculate said to be new
Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae	Baiotomeus sp., Ptilodus sp. Baiotomeus sp. Krause 1987 multituberculate said to be new Ptilodus sp. Cope 1881 multituberculate said to be new
Amphibia
Proteida - Batrachosauroididae	Opisthotriton kayi² Opisthotriton kayi² Auffenberg 1961 salamander

¹Alroy 2002; ²Gardner and DeMar 2013