Saxonella Locality: Ti3, Canada
collected by B. Naylor 1980

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton informal sp. nov. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
Cook et al. 2014
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Scapherpeton sp. Cope 1876
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Opisthotriton sp. Auffenberg 1961
Reptilia - Anguidae
Odaxosaurus sp. Gilmore 1928
Reptilia
Palaeosaniwa sp. Gilmore 1928
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876
Reptilia - Crocodilia
Crocodilia indet. Owen 1842
Reptilia - Baenidae
Palatobaena sp. Gaffney 1972
"Palaeobaena sp."
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
    = Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Alroy 2009
Mammalia
Peradectes elegans Matthew and Granger 1921
Mammalia - Horolodectidae
Arctocyonidae indet. Murray 1866
Fox 1988
two forms, both said to be new: one said to be new by Fox 1984
    = Horolodectes sunae Scott et al. 2006
Scott et al. 2006
Aphronorus sp. Simpson 1935
    = Horolodectes sunae Scott et al. 2006
Scott et al. 2006
Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae
Pararyctes sp. Van Valen 1966
Fox 1988
two forms, both said to be new: P. pattersoni of Fox 1984
Mammalia - Leptictidae
? Prodiacodon sp. Matthew 1929
Fox 1988
said to be new
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
? Hyopsodontidae indet. Trouessart 1879
Fox 1988
said to be new
Mammalia - Viverravidae
Raphictis cf. gausion Gingerich and Winkler 1985
Fox 1988
Protictis paralus Holtzman 1978
Fox 1988
P. tenuis of Fox 1984
Mammalia
Melaniella timosa n. sp. Fox 1984
Fox 1984
not clear why this is omitted by Fox 1988 and 1990; eutherian of possible palaeanodont affinities
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Colpoclaenus keeferi Patterson and McGrew 1962
Fox 1988
Claenodon ferox (Cope 1883)
Fox 1988
    = Arctocyon cf. ferox Cope 1883
Alroy 2002
Metachriacus sp. Simpson 1935
Fox 1988
Chriacus cf. pelvidens of Fox 1984
    = Chriacus sp. Cope 1883
Alroy 2002
said to be new
Mammalia - Pantolestidae
Propalaeosinopa albertensis Simpson 1927
Propalaeosinopa septentrionalis (Russell 1929)
Fox 1988
Pantolestidae indet. of Fox 1984
    = Bessoecetor septentrionalis Russell 1929
Scott et al. 2002
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817
Fox 1988
three forms, all said to be new
Litolestes ignotus Jepsen 1930
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Leptacodon packi Jepsen 1930
Fox 1988
L. tener of Fox 1984
Mammalia - Mixodectidae
Eudaemonema sp. Simpson 1935
Fox 1988
said to be new
    = Eudaemonema webbi Scott 2010
Scott 2010
Mammalia - Dermoptera
Elpidophorus elegans Simpson 1927
Mammalia - Primates - Picrodontidae
Zanycteris paleocenus Matthew 1917
Fox 1988
Picrodus sp. Douglass 1908
Scott and Fox 2002
P. silberlingi of Fox 1984 (7 measurements)
    = Picrodus lepidus n. sp. Scott and Fox 2005
Scott and Fox 2005
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis rex (Gidley 1923)
includes P. sp. of Fox 1984 (2 measurements)
    = Pronothodectes gaoi n. sp. Fox 1990
Fox 1990
UALVP 31238 - type (incomplete left dentary); referred material: UALVP 46685 (skull) and UALVP 46687 (basicranial fragment)
Mammalia - Primates - Saxonellidae
Saxonella crepaturae Russell 1964
Fox 1988
S. sp. of Fox 1984
    = Saxonella naylori n. sp. Fox 1991
Fox 1991
"S. sp." of Fox 1990a said to be new
Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae
Elphidotarsius wightoni n. sp. Fox 1984
Fox 1988
E. n. sp. of Fox 1984
Carpodaptes hazelae Simpson 1936
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyopidae indet. Osborn and Wortman 1892
Fox 1988
two forms
Mammalia - Primates - Micromomyidae
Micromomys fremdi n. sp. Fox 1984
Fox 1988
(6 measurements)
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Ignacius frugivorus Matthew and Granger 1921
Mammalia - Macroscelidea
Diacocherus minutus (Jepsen 1930)
Fox 1988
"Diacodon" minutus of Fox 1984
Litolestes notissimus Simpson 1936
Mammalia - Pentacodontidae
Bisonalveus sp. Gazin 1956
Fox 1988
said to be new: cf. browni of Fox 1984
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
? Apatemyidae indet. Matthew 1909
Fox 1988
Mammalia - Cyriacotheriidae
Cyriacotherium cf. argyreum Rose and Krause 1982
Fox 1988
C. sp. of Fox 1984 (11 measurements)
    = Presbytherium rhodorugatus n. sp. Scott 2010
Scott 2010
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Ptilodus sp. Cope 1881
Fox 1988
said to be new: P. montanus of Fox 1984
Prochetodon sp. Jepsen 1940
Fox 1988
said to be new
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma pygmaea Sloan 1987
Fox 1988
Ectypodus sp. Matthew and Granger 1921
Fox 1988
two forms, both said to be new: probably Mimetodon silberlingi of Fox 1984
Neoplagiaulax sp. Lemoine 1882
three forms, all said to be new by Fox 1988
unclassified
Microcosmodon woodi Holtzman and Wolberg 1977
    = informal Weil eucosmodontid woodi
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Neoplagiaulax cf. hunteri (Simpson 1936)
Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni (Jepsen 1940)
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 52.3° North, 113.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:58.8° North, 90.8° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Paleocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 1
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval: Ti3
Age range of interval: 60.9 - 56.2 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Paskapoo
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "middle Tiffanian" (Fox 1984) or Ti3 (Fox 1988, Scott 2010)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green siltstone
Secondary lithology:black,brown poorly lithified "shale"
Lithology description: "The fossiliferous horizons occur in greenish to grayish siltstones and brown to black fissile shales" (Scott et al. 2006)
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: "lacustrine"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:B. Naylor Collection dates:1980
Collection method comments: University of Alberta collection
Taxonomic list comments:list of Fox 1998 is the same as that of Fox 1990a
Metadata
Also known as:Blindman River (in part); UA DW-2
Database number:14992
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2011-04-16 02:39:47
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
1526. R. C. Fox. 1984. First North American record of the Paleocene primate Saxonella. Journal of Paleontology 58(3):892-894 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
29343 J. Alroy. 2009. High-handed opinions on taxonomy and other matters. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
64997 T. D. Cook, J. G. Eaton, M. G. Newbrey and M. V. H. Wilson. 2014. A new genus and species of freshwater stingray (Myliobatiformes, Dasyatoidea) from the latest middle Eocene of Utah, U.S.A. Journal of Paleontology 88(3):497-503 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen]
1531 R. C. Fox. 1984. Melaniella timosa n. gen. and sp., an unusual mammal from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 21:1335-1338 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
1534 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]
1537 R. C. Fox. 1990. Pronothodectes gaoi n. sp. from the Late Paleocene of Alberta, Canada, and the Early Evolution of the Plesiadapidae (Mammalia, Primates). Journal of Paleontology 64(4) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
1538 R. C. Fox. 1991. Systematic Position of Pronothodectes gaoi Fox from the Paleocene of Alberta: Reply. Journal of Paleontology 65(4) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
1539 R. C. Fox. 1991. Saxonella (Plesiadapiformes: ?Primates) in North America: S. Naylori, sp. nov., from the Late Paleocene of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(3):334-349 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
35338 C. S. Scott. 2010. New cyriacotheriid pantodonts (Mammalia, Pantodonta) from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada, and the relationships of Cyriacotheriidae. Journal of Paleontology 84(2):197-215 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
35858 C. S. Scott. 2010. Eudaemonema webbi sp. nov. (Mammalia, Mixodectidae) from the late Paleocene of western Canada: the youngest known mixodectid. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47(12):1451-1462 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
7299 C. S. Scott and R. C. Fox. 2002. Picrodontids (Mammalia; Plesiadapiformes) from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):104A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
14679 C. S. Scott and R. C. Fox. 2005. Windows on the evolution of Picrodus (Plesiadapiformes: Primates): morphology and relationships of a species complex from the Paleocene of Alberta. Journal of Paleontology 79(4):635-657 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
19168 C. S. Scott, M. W. Webb, and R. C. Fox. 2006. Horolodectes sunae, an enigmatic mammal from the late Paleocene of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 80(5):1009-1025 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]