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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Actinopteri | |
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Mammalia | |
Allocosmodon woodi Holtzman and Wolberg 1977 multituberculate | |
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Mimetodon silberlingi, Neoplagiaulax paskapooensis, Neoplagiaulax serrator, Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni
Mimetodon silberlingi Simpson 1935 multituberculate
Neoplagiaulax paskapooensis Scott 2005 multituberculate
Neoplagiaulax serrator Scott 2005 multituberculate
Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni Jepsen 1940 multituberculate | |
Litocherus zygeus Gingerich 1983 elephant shrew | |
Ectocion cf. cedrus Thewissen 1990 condylarth | |
Arctocyonidae indet., Thryptacodon australis, Chriacus oconostotae, Arctocyon ferox, Arctocyon corrugatus
Thryptacodon australis Simpson 1935 condylarth
Chriacus oconostotae Van Valen 1978 condylarth
Arctocyon ferox Cope 1883 condylarth
Arctocyon corrugatus Cope 1883 condylarth | |
Protictis paralus Holtzman 1978 placental
Raphictis cf. gausion Gingerich and Winkler 1985 placental | |
Dissacus sp. Cope 1881 condylarth | |
Leptacodon tener Matthew and Granger 1921 placental
"Leptacodon" cf. munusculum Simpson 1935 placental | |
Bessoecetor septentrionalis Russell 1929 placental | |
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Elpidophorus elegans Simpson 1927 colugo | |
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Elphidotarsius wightoni Fox 1984 primate | |
Pronothodectes gaoi Fox 1990 primate | |
Ignacius frugivorus Matthew and Granger 1921 primate | |
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Horolodectes sunae n. sp.
Horolodectes sunae n. sp. Scott et al. 2006 eutherian | |
Pararyctes pattersoni Van Valen 1966 eutherian | |
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Titanoides sp. Gidley 1917 pantodont | |
Unuchinia sp. Simpson 1937 eutherian | |
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