Swinnerton Peninsula Locality 84-8 (Eocene of Canada)

Where: Nunavut, Canada (77.4° N, 81.7° W: paleocoordinates 74.9° N, 33.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Eureka Sound Group, Wasatchian (55.8 - 50.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deltaic

• "lush proximal delta front to delta plain environment with abundant channels and lowland swamps"

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the CM

Primary reference: J. J. Eberle. 2005. A new 'tapir' from Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada - Implications for northern high latitude palaeobiogeography and tapir palaeobiology. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 227:311-322 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68720: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 04.02.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla -
Thuliadanta mayri Eberle 2005 odd-toed ungulate