Hand Hills West Lower Level (Paleocene of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (51.5° N, 112.3° W: paleocoordinates 57.7° N, 89.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Paskapoo Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 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 14953: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• Fox 1988
Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Neoplagiaulax sp. Lemoine 1882 multituberculate
said to be new
 Primates - Paromomyidae
Ignacius frugivorus1 Matthew and Granger 1921 primate
 Primates - Carpolestidae
Elphidotarsius russelli Krause 1978 primate
ID confirmed by Silcox et al. 2001
Elphidotarsius wightoni1 Fox 1984 primate
confirmed by Silcox et al. 2001
Carpodaptes cf. hazelae2 Simpson 1936 primate
 Primates - Picrodontidae
Picrodus silberlingi Douglass 1908 primate
 Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae
Pararyctes sp. Van Valen 1966 eutherian