Where: Alberta, Canada (51.2° N, 114.5° W: paleocoordinates 59.2° N, 86.7° W)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Edmonton Group, Edmontonian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• originally considered basal Paskapoo Fm.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collected by Rutherford
Primary reference: L. S. Russell. 1933. The Cretaceous-Tertiary transition of Alberta. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, series 3 26(4):121-156 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 71487: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 26.04.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Unio cf. priscus" = Protelliptio (Plesielliptio) priscus
"Unio cf. priscus" = Protelliptio (Plesielliptio) priscus Meek and Hayden 1856 freshwater mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
Viviparus sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Goniobasis whiteavesi snail | |
Reptilia | |
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Actinopteri | |
"Stylomyleodon sp." = Cyclurus
"Stylomyleodon sp." = Cyclurus Agassiz 1839 bowfin |