Edworthy Park: To2, Canada
collected by C. S. Scott 2002, 2009
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Ptilodontidae
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Ptilodus montanus
Douglass 1908
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Edworthia lerbekmoi n. gen., n. sp.
Fox et al. 2010
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Mammalia
- Dermoptera
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Elpidophorus sp.
Simpson 1927
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| said to be new | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 51.1° North, 114.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.3° North, 89.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 1103 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | To2 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 63.80000 - 60.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Paskapoo | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Age diagnostic taxa have yet to be discovered" but mammal fauna " argues for a middle Torrejonian age (Protoselene opisthacus/Mixodectes pungens Interval Zone [To2] of Lofgren et al., 2004)" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black,brown poorly lithified siltstone |
| Lithology description: "soft, black to dark brown siltstones" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera | ||
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | C. S. Scott | Collection dates: | 2002, 2009 |
| Collection method comments: UALVP and RTMP collections | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:list is clearly incomplete | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 99007 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-10-25 20:53:15 | Last modified: | 2010-10-25 23:05:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-10-25 20:53:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34079. | R. C. Fox, C. S. Scott, and B. D. Rankin. 2010. Edworthia lerbekmoi, a new primitive paromomyid primate from the Torrejonian (early Paleocene) of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 84(5):868-878 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |