Nordic Ski Quarry (TMP locality L2383; lower bed): Torrejonian, Canada
collected 1988
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Actinopterygii indet.
(Cope 1887)
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Reptilia
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Squamata indet.
(Oppel 1811)
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Choristodera indet.
(Cope 1876)
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Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Mammalia
- Dermoptera
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Elpidophorus cf. elegans
Simpson 1927
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Mammalia
- Proteutheria
- Palaeoryctidae
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Pararyctes cf. pattersoni
Van Valen 1966
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Ptilodontidae
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Baiotomeus sp.
Krause 1987
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Taeniolabididae
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Catopsalis kakwa
Scott et al. 2018
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| UAVLP 57537-57543, TMP 2009.131.0001 and TMP 2009.131.0149 | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Lissamphibia indet.
(Haeckel 1866)
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 51.0° North, 114.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 58.2° North, 89.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 1113 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| Key time interval: | Torrejonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 63.80000 - 60.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Porcupine Hills | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Late Torrejonian (To3) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,yellow siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: yellow to rusty orange, fine-grained siltstone | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMP | Collection dates: | 1988 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Canada Olympic Park | ||
| Database number: | 194574 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-22 04:16:42 | Last modified: | 2018-06-22 04:22:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-22 04:16:42 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 66089. | C. S. Scott, A. Weil, and J. M. Theodor. 2018. A new, diminutive species of Catopsalis (Mammalia, Multituberculata, Taeniolabidoidea) from the early Paleocene of southwestern Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 92(5):896-910 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |