Swan Hills Site 1: Tiffanian, Canada
collected by L. S. Russell 1965
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Viviparidae
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Viviparus planolatere
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Lioplacodes nebrascensis
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Mammalia
- Proteutheria
- Palaeoryctidae
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Pararyctes sp.
Van Valen 1966
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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? Pantolestidae indet.
Cope 1884
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1 specimen | |||||||||
omitted by Fox 1990 | ||||||||||
Propalaeosinopa sp.
Simpson 1927
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
Eudaemonema cf. cuspidata
Simpson 1935
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2 specimens | |||||||||
omitted by Fox 1990 | ||||||||||
= Bessoecetor sp.
Simpson 1936
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Scott 2010 | |||||||||
ROM 05614 only; ROM 05615 is Elpidophorus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
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Titanoides cf. primaevus
Gidley 1917
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
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Litocherus lacunatus
(Gazin 1956)
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
includes type of "Litomylus alphamon" | ||||||||||
Diacocherus cf. minutus
(Jepsen 1930)
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= Diacocherus meizon
Gingerich 1983
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
recombined as Adunator meizon | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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? Didymictis sp.
Cope 1875
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compared to Simpsonictis tenuis and Bryanictis microlestes | ||||||||||
= Protictis laytoni
Gingerich and Winkler 1985
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
= Viverravus cf. laytoni
Gingerich and Winkler 1985
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Acreodi
- Oxyclaenidae
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? Oxyclaeninae indet.
(Scott 1892)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
invalid subgroup of Acreodi | ||||||||||
omitted by Fox 1990 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Phenacodontidae
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Phenacodus cf. primaevus
(Cope 1873)
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
= Phenacodus sp.
Cope 1873
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Ectocion osbornianus
(Cope 1882)
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Claenodon sp.
Scott 1892
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= Arctocyon sp.
Blainville 1841
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Nyctitheriidae indet.
Simpson 1928
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
Leptacodon tener
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Oncocherus krishtalkai
Scott 2006
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Scott 2006 | |||||||||
Litolestes cf. ignotus
Jepsen 1930
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Dermoptera
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Elpidophorus elegans
Simpson 1927
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= Elpidophorus sp.
Simpson 1927
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
said to be new | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Plesiadapidae
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Plesiadapidae indet.
Trouessart 1897
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
Plesiadapis cf. gidleyi
(Matthew 1917)
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= Plesiadapis churchilli
Gingerich 1975
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Carpolestidae
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Carpolestes cygneus n. sp.
Russell 1967
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recombined as Carpodaptes cygneus | ||||||||||
(4 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Ignacius frugivorus
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Mesodma pygmaea
Sloan 1987
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
Neoplagiaulax hunteri
(Simpson 1936)
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
Ectypodus cochranensis
(Russell 1929)
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= Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni
Jepsen 1940
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
Anconodon sp.
Jepsen 1940
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2 specimens | |||||||||
= Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni
Jepsen 1940
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
see Krause 1977 | ||||||||||
Prochetodon sp.
Jepsen 1940
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2 specimens | |||||||||
= Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni
Jepsen 1940
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
see Krause 1977 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Ptilodontidae
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Prochetodon foxi
Krause 1987
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
Ptilodus kummae
Krause 1977
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Microcosmodontidae
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Microcosmodon sp.
Jepsen 1930
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Fox 1990 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Stylomyleodon sp.
Russell 1928
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synonym of Cyclurus | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
Coordinates: | 54.8° North, 115.5° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 61.4° North, 91.5° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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 |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray argillaceous "shale" |
Secondary lithology: | silty claystone |
Lithology description: "most of the rock at this locality is grey bentonitic shale; there are also thin lignitic layers and beds of friable limestone" (Russell 1967) "fossiliferous horizons [in the Swan Hills area] are predominantly montmorillonitic argillaceous shales, interbedded with or overlain by silty clays and calcareous shales" (Scott 2006) | |
Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Geology comments: "low-energy fluvial or lacustrine environment" (Scott 2006) |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection | ||
Collection size: | 31 specimens | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | ROM | ||
Collectors: | L. S. Russell | Collection dates: | 1965 |
Taxonomic list comments:supersedes various Krause references |
Metadata
Also known as: | UAP-13 | ||
Database number: | 14995 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-03-28 12:01:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2997. | L. S. Russell. 1967. Palaeontology of the Swan Hills area, north-central Alberta. Life Science Contribution, Royal Ontario Museum 71:1-31 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
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] | |
24263 | C. S. Scott. 2006. A new erinaceid (Mammalia, Insectivora) from the Late Paleocene of western Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 43(11):1695-1709 [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] |