Hand Hills West Upper Level: Tiffanian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Microcosmodon woodi Holtzman and Wolberg 1977
    = informal Weil eucosmodontid woodi
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Ectypodus cf. powelli Jepsen 1940
Neoplagiaulax sp. Lemoine 1882
said to be new
Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni (Jepsen 1940)
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Baiotomeus sp. Krause 1987
Ptilodus sp. Cope 1881
said to be new
Mammalia - Primates - Microsyopidae
Microsyopidae indet. Osborn and Wortman 1892
Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Ignacius frugivorus Matthew and Granger 1921
Mammalia - Primates - Plesiadapidae
Nannodectes simpsoni (Gazin 1956)
Plesiadapis rex (Gidley 1923)
Mammalia - Primates - Carpolestidae
Elphidotarsius wightoni Fox 1984
Carpodaptes hazelae Simpson 1936
Mammalia - Primates - Picrodontidae
Zanycteris paleocenus Matthew 1917
(1 measurement)
    = Picrodus sp. Douglass 1908
Scott and Fox 2005
Mammalia - Primates - Saxonellidae
Saxonella sp. Russell 1964
    = Saxonella naylori Fox 1991
Fox 1991
said to be new DUPLICATE REF 1538 or 1539
Mammalia - Dermoptera
Elpidophorus elegans Simpson 1927
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Leptacodon cf. packi Jepsen 1930
Mammalia - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion wyomingensis (Gazin 1956)
    = Ectocion collinus Russell 1929
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Viverravidae
Raphictis cf. gausion Gingerich and Winkler 1985
Mammalia - Macroscelidea
Litocherus cf. notissimus (Simpson 1936)
Litocherus cf. zygeus Gingerich 1983
Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae
Palaeoryctes cf. punctatus Van Valen 1966
Pararyctes sp. Van Valen 1966
said to be new
Pararyctes pattersoni Van Valen 1966
Mammalia - Apatemyidae
Apatemyidae indet. Matthew 1909
Mammalia - Pantolestidae
Propalaeosinopa septentrionalis (Russell 1929)
    = Bessoecetor septentrionalis Russell 1929
Scott et al. 2002
Mammalia - Pentacodontidae
Bisonalveus sp. Gazin 1956
Mammalia
Peradectes elegans Matthew and Granger 1921
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
Stratigraphy
Formation:Paskapoo
Local section:HandH Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
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]