Also known as Blindman River (in part); UA DW-2
Where: Alberta, Canada (52.3° N, 113.8° W: paleocoordinates 58.8° N, 90.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Paskapoo Formation, Ti3 (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)
• "middle Tiffanian" (Fox 1984) or Ti3 (Fox 1988, Scott 2010)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gray, green siltstone and poorly lithified, black, brown shale
Size class: mesofossils
Collected by B. Naylor in 1980
• University of Alberta collection
Primary reference: R. C. Fox. 1984. First North American record of the Paleocene primate Saxonella. Journal of Paleontology 58(3):892-894 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 14992: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Opisthotriton sp. Auffenberg 1961 salamander | |
Scapherpeton sp. Cope 1876 salamander | |
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Mammalia | |
Ectypodus sp.5, Neoplagiaulax sp., Neoplagiaulax cf. hunteri, Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni, Mesodma pygmaea5
Ectypodus sp.5 Matthew and Granger 1921 multituberculate two forms, both said to be new: probably Mimetodon silberlingi of Fox 1984
Neoplagiaulax cf. hunteri Simpson 1936 multituberculate
Neoplagiaulax cf. hazeni Jepsen 1940 multituberculate | |
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Horolodectes sunae12 Scott et al. 2006 eutherian two forms, both said to be new: one said to be new by Fox 1984
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"Micromomys fremdi n. sp." = Foxomomys fremdi5
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Ignacius frugivorus Matthew and Granger 1921 primate | |
Pronothodectes gaoi n. sp.6
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Carpodaptes hazelae Simpson 1936 primate | |
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Saxonella naylori n. sp.7
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Elpidophorus elegans Simpson 1927 colugo | |
Litolestes ignotus Jepsen 1930 hedgehog | |
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Melaniella timosa n. sp.4
Melaniella timosa n. sp.4 Fox 1984 placental not clear why this is omitted by Fox 1988 and 1990; eutherian of possible palaeanodont affinities
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"Litolestes notissimus" = Litocherus notissimus Simpson 1936 elephant shrew | |
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Propalaeosinopa albertensis Simpson 1927 eutherian | |
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Presbytherium rhodorugatus n. sp.8
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Peradectes elegans Matthew and Granger 1921 marsupial | |
Reptilia | |
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Palaeosaniwa sp. Gilmore 1928 squamates | |
Odaxosaurus sp. Gilmore 1928 squamates | |
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia
"Crocodilia indet." = Crocodylia Owen 1842 crocodilian | |
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere |