Gao Mine (Paleocene of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (52.2° N, 113.6° W: paleocoordinates 58.6° N, 90.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Paskapoo Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)

• said to be late Tiffanian (Fox 1988) or "Ti4b or Ti5" (Scott 2010)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained siltstone

• "fine siltstone with sparse molluscs" (Scott 2010)

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: R. C. Fox. 1988. Late Cretaceous and Paleocene mammal localities of southern Alberta. Occasional Paper of the Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 6:1-38 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 14951: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Microcosmodontidae
Microcosmodon sp.2 Jepsen 1930 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Ectypodus sp. Matthew and Granger 1921 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Baiotomeus sp. Krause 1987 multituberculate
Prochetodon cf. foxi3 Krause 1987 multituberculate
 Theriamorpha - Mixodectidae
Eudaemonema webbi n. sp.4 Scott 2010 placental
 Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis cf. churchilli Gingerich 1975 primate
 Primates - Carpolestidae
Carpodaptes cf. hazelae Simpson 1936 primate
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
? Nyctitheriidae indet. Simpson 1928 placental
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion sp. Cope 1882 condylarth
 Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae
Lainoryctes youzwyshyni n. gen. n. sp.1
Lainoryctes youzwyshyni n. gen. n. sp.1 Fox 2004 eutherian