Highwood River (Paleocene of Canada)
Where: Alberta, Canada (50.7° N, 113.9° W: paleocoordinates 56.8° N, 92.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Paskapoo Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)
• about 600 ft above base of Paskapoo formation
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R. L. Fowler and L. S. Russell in 1929
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 178484: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 04.05.2016
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"Aspideretes superstes n. sp." = Aspideretoides superstes
"Aspideretes superstes n. sp." = Aspideretoides superstes Russell 1930 turtle holotype: U. Alberta 334
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