North Edge of Calgary (Paleocene of Canada)

Where: Alberta, Canada (51.2° N, 114.0° W: paleocoordinates 57.3° N, 92.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Paskapoo Formation, Late/Upper Paleocene (58.7 - 55.8 Ma)

• Locality said to be from high elevation within city, and therefore likely upper part of Paskapoo Fm.

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the TMP

• Found by backhoe operator; home basement built prior to paleontological assessment

Primary reference: A. M. Murray, D. K. Zelenitsky, D. B. Brinkman and A. G. Neuman. 2018. Two new Palaeocene osteoglossomorphs from Canada, with a reassessment of the relationships of the genus †Joffrichthys, and analysis of diversity from articulated versus microfossil material. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1-8 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191920: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 22.02.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Osteoglossiformes -
Lopadichthys colwellae n. gen. n. sp.
Lopadichthys colwellae n. gen. n. sp. Murray et al. 2018
 Teleostei -
Joffrichthys tanyourus n. sp. Murray et al. 2018