Hand Hills West Upper Level: Tiffanian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Microcosmodon woodi
Holtzman and Wolberg 1977
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= informal Weil eucosmodontid woodi
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Ectypodus cf. powelli
Jepsen 1940
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Neoplagiaulax sp.
Lemoine 1882
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said to be new | ||||||||||
Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni
(Jepsen 1940)
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Ptilodontidae
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Baiotomeus sp.
Krause 1987
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Ptilodus sp.
Cope 1881
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said to be new | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Microsyopidae indet.
Osborn and Wortman 1892
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Ignacius frugivorus
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Plesiadapidae
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Nannodectes simpsoni
(Gazin 1956)
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Plesiadapis rex
(Gidley 1923)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Carpolestidae
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Elphidotarsius wightoni
Fox 1984
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Carpodaptes hazelae
Simpson 1936
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Picrodontidae
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Zanycteris paleocenus
Matthew 1917
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= Picrodus sp.
Douglass 1908
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Scott and Fox 2005 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Saxonellidae
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Saxonella sp.
Russell 1964
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= Saxonella naylori
Fox 1991
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Fox 1991 | |||||||||
said to be new DUPLICATE REF 1538 or 1539 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Dermoptera
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Elpidophorus elegans
Simpson 1927
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Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Leptacodon cf. packi
Jepsen 1930
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Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Ectocion wyomingensis
(Gazin 1956)
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= Ectocion collinus
Russell 1929
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Raphictis sp.
Gingerich and Winkler 1985
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Raphictis cf. gausion
Gingerich and Winkler 1985
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
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Litocherus cf. notissimus
(Simpson 1936)
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Litocherus cf. zygeus
Gingerich 1983
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Mammalia
- Proteutheria
- Palaeoryctidae
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Palaeoryctes cf. punctatus
Van Valen 1966
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Pararyctes sp.
Van Valen 1966
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said to be new | ||||||||||
Pararyctes pattersoni
Van Valen 1966
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Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Apatemyidae indet.
Matthew 1909
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Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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Propalaeosinopa septentrionalis
(Russell 1929)
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= Bessoecetor septentrionalis
Russell 1929
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Scott et al. 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Pentacodontidae
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Bisonalveus sp.
Gazin 1956
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Mammalia
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Peradectes elegans
Matthew and Granger 1921
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
Coordinates: | 51.5° North, 112.3° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 57.7° North, 89.6° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Tiffanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 61.70000 - 56.80000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:Fox 1988 |
Metadata
Database number: | 14954 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:40 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1536. | R. C. Fox. 1990. The succession of Paleocene mammals in western Canada. Geological Society of America Special Paper 243:51-70 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
1538 | R. C. Fox. 1991. Systematic Position of Pronothodectes gaoi Fox from the Paleocene of Alberta: Reply. Journal of Paleontology 65(4) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
14679 | C. S. Scott and R. C. Fox. 2005. Windows on the evolution of Picrodus (Plesiadapiformes: Primates): morphology and relationships of a species complex from the Paleocene of Alberta. Journal of Paleontology 79(4):635-657 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |