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 | |
Lopadichthys colwellae n. gen. n. sp.
Lopadichthys colwellae n. gen. n. sp. Murray et al. 2018 | |
Joffrichthys tanyourus n. sp.
Joffrichthys tanyourus n. sp. Murray et al. 2018 |