Birchwood: Ti3, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Horolodectidae
Horolodectes sunae n. sp. Scott et al. 2006
Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae
Pararyctes pattersoni Van Valen 1966
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
Unuchinia sp. Simpson 1937
Mammalia
Titanoides sp. Gidley 1917
Mammalia - Cyriacotheriidae
Cyriacotherium sp. Rose and Krause 1982
    = Presbytherium rhodorugatus Scott 2010
Scott 2010
Mammalia - Pentacodontidae
Bisonalveus sp. Gazin 1956
Webb 1998
said to be new
Mammalia - Macroscelidea
Litocherus zygeus Gingerich 1983
Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Dissacus sp. Cope 1881
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion cf. cedrus Thewissen 1990
Mammalia - Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Arctocyonidae indet. Murray 1866
n. gen. and sp. 1 and 2
Arctocyon corrugatus (Cope 1883)
Arctocyon ferox (Cope 1883)
Chriacus oconostotae Van Valen 1978
Thryptacodon australis Simpson 1935
Mammalia - Viverravidae
Raphictis cf. gausion Gingerich and Winkler 1985
Protictis paralus Holtzman 1978
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
"Leptacodon" cf. munusculum Simpson 1935
Leptacodon tener Matthew and Granger 1921
Mammalia - Pantolestidae
Bessoecetor septentrionalis (Russell 1929)
Mammalia - Mixodectidae
Eudaemonema sp. Simpson 1935
Webb 1998
said to be new
    = Eudaemonema webbi Scott 2010
Scott 2010
Mammalia - Dermoptera
Elpidophorus elegans Simpson 1927
Mammalia - Primates - Saxonellidae
Saxonella sp. Russell 1964
Webb 1998
said to be new
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis rex (Gidley 1923)
Webb 1995
Pronothodectes gaoi Fox 1990
Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae
Elphidotarsius wightoni Fox 1984
Carpodaptes hazelae Simpson 1936
Fox 2002
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Ignacius frugivorus Matthew and Granger 1921
Mammalia - Primates - Palaechthonidae
Plesiolestes sirokyi Szalay 1973
Webb 1995
repeated by Scott et al. 2006 as P. cf. sirokyi
    = Torrejonia sirokyi Szalay 1973
Alroy 2002
usage unjustified
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mimetodon silberlingi (Simpson 1935)
Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni (Jepsen 1940)
Neoplagiaulax paskapooensis Scott 2005
Neoplagiaulax serrator Scott 2005
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Ptilodus sp. Cope 1881
Webb 1995
species "T" and "C" according to Scott et al. 2006
Prochetodon speirsae Scott 2004
Scott 2004
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Microcosmodontidae
Allocosmodon woodi (Holtzman and Wolberg 1977)
Reptilia - Lacertilia
Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842
"one lacertilian maxillary fragment"
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
"turtle carapace fragments"
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
"crocodilian scutes and teeth"
Reptilia - Champsosauridae
Champsosauridae indet. Cope 1876
"champsosaurian centra and ribs"
Actinopteri
Neopterygii indet. Regan 1923
"neopterygian scales, teeth, and bones"
Angiospermae - Saxifragales - Cercidiphyllaceae
Cercidiphyllaceae indet. Engler 1907
"Joffreya-like cercidiphyllacean angiosperm"
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:Alberta
Coordinates: 53.2° North, 114.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:59.8° North, 91.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
*Period:Tertiary *Local age/stage:Middle Tiffanian
Key time interval:Ti3
Age range of interval:60.90000 - 56.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Paskapoo
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: said to be "middle Tiffanian (Ti3)" by Webb 1998 and Scott (2010)
"30 cm thick layer"
ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: .
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: poorly lithified sandstone
Lithology description: "numerous lenses of poorly consolidated mudclast conglomerate, coarse and fine sandstone, and mudstone" (Scott et al. 2006) or "coarse, poorly consolidated sandstone" (Scott 2010) ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0
Environment:fluvial indet.
Geology comments: "fluvial depositional environment"
ETE sed env 1: ., ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,sieve
Collection size:400 specimens
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: "over 400 identifiable mammal teeth and jaw fragments have been collected through careful quarrying and limited screenwashing"
ETE Abrasion: ., ETE Assemblage formation: ., ETE transport: ., ETE weathering/trampling: ., ETE part concentration: ., ETE time represented: . ,ETE vert pres: ., ETE invert pres: ., ETE plant pres: .
Metadata
Also known as:ETE Locality 1533
Database number:14928
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-10-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2011-04-16 02:38:33
Access level:the public Released:1995-10-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
19168. C. S. Scott, M. W. Webb, and R. C. Fox. 2006. Horolodectes sunae, an enigmatic mammal from the late Paleocene of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 80(5):1009-1025 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
7175 R. C. Fox. 2002. The dentition and relationships of Carpodaptes cygneus (Russell) (Carpolestidae, Plesiadapiformes, Mammalia), from the late Paleocene of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 76(5):864-881 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
10095 C. S. Scott. 2004. A new species of the ptilodontoiid multituberculate Prochetodon (Mammalia, Allotheria) from the Paleocene Paskapoo Formation of Alberta, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 41(2):237-246 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
35338 C. S. Scott. 2010. New cyriacotheriid pantodonts (Mammalia, Pantodonta) from the Paleocene of Alberta, Canada, and the relationships of Cyriacotheriidae. Journal of Paleontology 84(2):197-215 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
35858 C. S. Scott. 2010. Eudaemonema webbi sp. nov. (Mammalia, Mixodectidae) from the late Paleocene of western Canada: the youngest known mixodectid. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 47(12):1451-1462 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
3559 M. W. Webb. 1995. A new Paleocene (Tiffanian) mammalian local fauna from near Drayton Valley, central Alberta, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(3):59A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
5764ETE 1523M. W. Webb. 1996. Late Paleocene mammals from near Drayton Valley, Alberta. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]
3560 M. W. Webb. 1998. New Saxonellidae, Plagiomenidae, and Pantolestidae from the late Paleocene of central Alberta, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3):84A-85A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]