Griffith's Farm (upper Scollard Fm) (Paleocene of Canada)

Also known as Rumsey

Where: Alberta, Canada (51.9° N, 112.9° W: paleocoordinates 59.0° N, 87.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Scollard Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• "less than 1 m above Nevis (#13) Coal Seam (earliest Paleocene)"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown, carbonaceous siltstone

• "shaly, dark brown carbonaceous siltstone"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: X.-C. Wu, D. B. Brinkman, and R. C. Fox. 2001. A new crocodylian (Archosauria) from the basal Paleocene of the Red Deer River Valley, southern Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38(12):1689-1704 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25654: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.09.2002

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata -
Borealosuchus griffithi n. sp. Wu et al. 2001 crocodilian
UALVP 40955 - type