Highwood River: Late/Upper Paleocene, Canada
collected by R. L. Fowler and L. S. Russell 1929
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Aspideretes superstes n. sp.
Russell 1930
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Aspideretoides superstes | ||||||||||
| holotype: U. Alberta 334 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 113.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 56.8° North, 92.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Thanetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Paleocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Paskapoo | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: about 600 ft above base of Paskapoo formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | R. L. Fowler and L. S. Russell | Collection dates: | 1929 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 178484 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-05-04 12:30:32 | Last modified: | 2016-05-04 12:30:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-05-04 12:30:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 59054. | L. S. Russell. 1930. A new species of Aspideretes from the Paskapoo Formation of Alberta. American Journal of Science 115:27-32 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |