Fr-1: Puercan, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Scapherpeton sp.
Cope 1876
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
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Condylarthra indet.
Cope 1881
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Fox 1989 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Periptychidae
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? Periptychidae indet.
Cope 1882
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Fox 1989 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UALVP 22673 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Protungulatum cf. donnae
Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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Cimolestes cf. cerberoides
Lillegraven 1969
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| may be Cretaceous | ||||||||||
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= Cimolestes cf. incisus
Marsh 1889
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Storer 1991 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
- Didelphidae
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Didelphidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Fox 1989 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Taeniolabididae
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Catopsalis cf. joyneri
Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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Fox 1989 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Valenopsalis joyneri | ||||||||||
| UALVP 22760 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Mesodma sp.
Jepsen 1940
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| may be Cretaceous | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Saskatchewan |
| Coordinates: | 49.5° North, 109.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 56.2° North, 83.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Puercan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 63.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Frenchman | ||
| Local section: | Cypress Hills | Local bed: | 1 |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green "siliciclastic" |
| Lithology description: "dark, gray-green deposits" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:see note regarding reworked Cretaceous list; possible Cretaceous material: Mesodma sp. Cimolestes cf. incisus Storer 1991: "C. cf. cerberoides" list repeated by Fox 1990 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Frenchman-1 | ||
| Database number: | 14737 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2013-06-18 15:59:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9477. | P. A. Johnston. 1980. First record of Mesosoic mammals from Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 17:512-519 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 1535 | R. C. Fox. 1989. The Wounded Knee local fauna and mammalian evolution near the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, Saskatchewan, Canada. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 208(1-3):11-59 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] | |
| 41188 | R. C. Fox. 1997. Late Cretaceous and Paleocene mammals, Cypress Hills region, Saskatchewan, and mammalian evolution across the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary. In L. McKenzie-McAnally (ed.), Canadian Paleontology Conference VII, Saskatoon. Field Trip Guidebook No. 6: Upper Cretaceous and Tertiary Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Southern Saskatchewan. Geological Association of Canada 70-85 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 65027 | J. D. Gardner and D. G. DeMar. 2013. Mesozoic and Palaeocene lissamphibian assemblages of North America: a comprehensive review. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 93:459-515 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano] | |
| 3310 | J. E. Storer. 1991. The mammals of the Gryde Local Fauna, Frenchman Formation (Maastrichtian: Lancian), Saskatchewan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(3):350-369 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |