Where: Alberta, Canada (50.7° N, 113.9° W: paleocoordinates 58.2° N, 88.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Willow Creek Formation, Pu2 (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)
• early Paleocene (middle Puercan, Pu2)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siltstone and sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Royal 148 Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology in 2008, 2014-2017; reposited in the TMP
Primary reference: C. S. Scott. 2021. First mammal from the Willow Creek Formation: a new early Paleocene ptilodontid (Mammalia, Multituberculata) from near Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 220172: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 10.05.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin | |
Amphibia | |
Lissamphibia indet. Haeckel 1866 tetrapod | |
Reptilia | |
Squamata indet. Oppel 1811 squamates | |
Champsosauridae indet. Cope 1876 champsosaur | |
Crocodyliformes indet. crocodilian | |
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Aenigmamys aries n. gen. n. sp.
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