Northwest Calgary Carstairs block (Paleocene of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (51.1° N, 114.2° W: paleocoordinates 57.2° N, 93.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Paskapoo Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

• "Based on the reported provenance of the original block and nature of the rock, it likely is from the Paskapoo Formation."

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the TMP

Primary reference: D. B. Brinkman. 2013. Non-trionychid turtles from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 50:282-293 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176516: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 15.02.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
  -
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish
"fish"
Reptilia
 Choristodera - Champsosauridae
Champsosauridae indet. Cope 1876 champsosaur
"champsosaurs"
 Testudines - Macrobaenidae
"Judithemys backmani" = Osteopygis backmani
"Judithemys backmani" = Osteopygis backmani Russell 1934 turtle
at least two individuals present
 Testudines - Panchelydridae
Protochelydra zangerli Erickson 1973 turtle