Also known as ETE Locality 1533
Where: Alberta, Canada (53.2° N, 114.7° W: paleocoordinates 59.8° N, 91.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Paskapoo Formation, Ti3 (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)
• said to be "middle Tiffanian (Ti3)" by Webb 1998 and Scott (2010)
•"30 cm thick layer"
•ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: .
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; poorly lithified sandstone and poorly lithified sandstone
•ETE sed env 1: ., ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
•ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve
• "over 400 identifiable mammal teeth and jaw fragments have been collected through careful quarrying and limited screenwashing"
•ETE Abrasion: ., ETE Assemblage formation: ., ETE transport: ., ETE weathering/trampling: ., ETE part concentration: ., ETE time represented: . ,ETE vert pres: ., ETE invert pres: ., ETE plant pres: .
Primary reference: C. S. Scott, M. W. Webb, and R. C. Fox. 2006. Horolodectes sunae, an enigmatic mammal from the late Paleocene of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 80(5):1009-1025 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14928: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.10.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Litocherus zygeus Gingerich 1983 elephant shrew | |
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Elpidophorus elegans Simpson 1927 colugo | |
Ignacius frugivorus Matthew and Granger 1921 primate | |
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Elphidotarsius wightoni Fox 1984 primate | |
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Pronothodectes gaoi Fox 1990 primate | |
Bessoecetor septentrionalis Russell 1929 placental | |
"Leptacodon" cf. munusculum Simpson 1935 placental
Leptacodon tener Matthew and Granger 1921 placental | |
Dissacus sp. Cope 1881 condylarth | |
Raphictis cf. gausion Gingerich and Winkler 1985 placental
Protictis paralus Holtzman 1978 placental | |
Arctocyonidae indet., Arctocyon ferox, Arctocyon corrugatus, Thryptacodon australis, Chriacus oconostotae
Arctocyon ferox Cope 1883 condylarth
Arctocyon corrugatus Cope 1883 condylarth
Thryptacodon australis Simpson 1935 condylarth
Chriacus oconostotae Van Valen 1978 condylarth | |
Ectocion cf. cedrus Thewissen 1990 condylarth | |
Unuchinia sp. Simpson 1937 eutherian | |
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Titanoides sp. Gidley 1917 pantodont | |
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Pararyctes pattersoni Van Valen 1966 eutherian | |
Horolodectes sunae n. sp.
Horolodectes sunae n. sp. Scott et al. 2006 eutherian | |
Allocosmodon woodi Holtzman and Wolberg 1977 multituberculate | |
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Mimetodon silberlingi, Neoplagiaulax serrator, Neoplagiaulax paskapooensis, Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni
Mimetodon silberlingi Simpson 1935 multituberculate
Neoplagiaulax serrator Scott 2005 multituberculate
Neoplagiaulax paskapooensis Scott 2005 multituberculate
Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni Jepsen 1940 multituberculate |