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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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Pantrionychidae
"Aspideretes superstes n. sp." = Aspideretoides superstes
"Aspideretes superstes n. sp." = Aspideretoides superstes Russell 1930 turtle
holotype: U. Alberta 334