PBDB Collection

Who Nose? (Paleocene of Canada)

Also known as Nose Creek

Where: Alberta, Canada (51.0° N, 114.1° W: paleocoordinates 58.1° N, 89.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Paskapoo Formation, To2 (63.8 - 60.9 Ma)

• (?middle Torrejonian, To2), Protoselene opisthacus/Mixodectes pungens Interval Zone of

•Lofgren et al. (2004).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, chemical, sieve

• "hand quarrying... underwater screening... Resistant matrix was immersed in 10 percent industrial detergent and re-screened"

•specimen count approximate

•material in UALVP

Primary reference: C. S. Scott. 1997. A new Paleocene mammal site from Calgary, Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(3):74A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 14894: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998, edited by Matthew Carrano and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "fish, amphibians, lizards, and crocodylians" also present

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Amphibia
Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae	Albanerpetontidae indet.¹ Albanerpetontidae indet.¹ Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
Mammalia
-	Mammalia indet.² Mammalia indet.² Linnaeus 1758 mammal
Multituberculata - Eucosmodontidae	cf. Stygimys sp.² cf. Stygimys sp.² Sloan and Van Valen 1965 multituberculate
Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae	Baiotomeus rhothonion n. sp.², Ptilodus montanus², Ptilodus gnomus² Baiotomeus rhothonion n. sp.² Scott 2003 multituberculate Ptilodus montanus² Douglass 1908 multituberculate "C" Ptilodus gnomus² Scott et al. 2002 multituberculate
Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae	Neoplagiaulacidae indet.², Mimetodon silberlingi², Parectypodus sp.², Parectypodus cf. sylviae², Parectypodus corystes n. sp.², Neoplagiaulax nelsoni², Neoplagiaulax hunteri², Xyronomys sp.², Mesodma pygmaea², Ectypodus cf. szalayi² Neoplagiaulacidae indet.² Ameghino 1890 multituberculate Mimetodon silberlingi² Simpson 1935 multituberculate Parectypodus sp.² Jepsen 1930 multituberculate Parectypodus cf. sylviae² Rigby 1980 multituberculate Parectypodus corystes n. sp.² Scott 2003 multituberculate Neoplagiaulax nelsoni² Sloan 1987 multituberculate Neoplagiaulax hunteri² Simpson 1936 multituberculate Xyronomys sp.² Rigby 1980 multituberculate Mesodma pygmaea² Sloan 1987 multituberculate Ectypodus cf. szalayi² Sloan 1981 multituberculate
Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae	Anconodon cochranensis² Anconodon cochranensis² Russell 1929 multituberculate
Multituberculata - Microcosmodontidae	Acheronodon sp.² Acheronodon sp.² Archibald 1982 multituberculate
Theriamorpha - Leptictidae	Prodiacodon cf. furor² Prodiacodon cf. furor² Novacek 1977 eutherian
Cimolesta - Apatemyidae	Jepsenella cf. praepropera² Jepsenella cf. praepropera² Simpson 1940 eutherian
Cimolesta - Cyriacotheriidae	Presbytherium taurus n. sp.³ Presbytherium taurus n. sp.³ Scott 2010 pantodont
Cimolesta - Cimolestidae	Procerberus cf. sp.², Paleotomus junior², Gelastops sp.² Procerberus cf. sp.² Sloan and Van Valen 1965 eutherian Paleotomus junior² Scott et al. 2002 eutherian Gelastops sp.² Simpson 1935 eutherian
Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae	Litomylus sp.² Litomylus sp.² Simpson 1935 elephant shrew
Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae	cf. Promioclaenus acolytus² cf. Promioclaenus acolytus² Cope 1882 condylarth
Acreodi - Oxyclaenidae	Prothryptacodon albertensis² Prothryptacodon albertensis² Fox 1968 placental
Theriamorpha - Viverravidae	Simpsonictis cf. jaynanneae², Protictis sp.² Simpsonictis cf. jaynanneae² Rigby 1980 placental Protictis sp.² Matthew placental
Procreodi - Arctocyonidae	Colpoclaenus cf. procyonoides², "Chriacus" sp.² Colpoclaenus cf. procyonoides² Matthew 1937 condylarth "Chriacus" sp.² Cope 1883 condylarth
Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae	Leptacodon tener², "Leptacodon" munusculum², Nyctitheriinae indet.² Leptacodon tener² Matthew and Granger 1921 placental "Leptacodon" munusculum² Simpson 1935 placental Nyctitheriinae indet.² Simpson 1928 placental
Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae	Propalaeosinopa albertensis, Bessoecetor "sp. 1"², Bessoecetor "sp. 2"², Bessoecetor septentrionalis⁵ Propalaeosinopa albertensis Simpson 1927 placental Bessoecetor "sp. 1"² Simpson 1936 placental Bessoecetor "sp. 2"² Simpson 1936 placental Bessoecetor septentrionalis⁵ Russell 1929 placental
Primates - Picrodontidae	Picrodus calgariensis n. sp.⁴ Picrodus calgariensis n. sp.⁴ Scott and Fox 2005 primate said to be new and similar to Draconodus
Primates - Plesiadapidae	Pronothodectes matthewi⁷ Pronothodectes matthewi⁷ Gidley 1923 primate
Primates - Palaechthonidae	Plesiolestes problematicus², Palenochtha cf. minor² Plesiolestes problematicus² Jepsen 1930 primate Palenochtha cf. minor² Gidley 1923 primate
Primates - Paromomyidae	Ignacius fremontensis, Edworthia greggi n. sp.⁶ Ignacius fremontensis Gazin 1971 primate Edworthia greggi n. sp.⁶ Scott et al. 2023 primate
Dermoptera -	Elpidophorus minor⁷ Elpidophorus minor⁷ Simpson 1937 colugo
Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae	Palaeoryctidae indet.² Palaeoryctidae indet.² Winge 1917 eutherian

¹Gardner and Böhme 2008; ²Scott 2003; ³Scott 2010; ⁴Scott and Fox 2005; ⁵Scott et al. 2002; ⁶Scott et al. 2023; ⁷Secord 1998