French Fry (Paleocene of Canada)
Where: Saskatchewan, Canada (49.3° N, 108.4° W: paleocoordinates 55.9° N, 82.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Pu1 zone, Ravenscrag Formation, Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)
• "1 m above the contact between the Ravenscrag Formation and the Ferris (=Number 1) coal seam"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; black, gray shale
• "gray to black shale"
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: R. C. Fox. 2002. The oldest Cenozoic mammal?. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(2):456-459 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 23503: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.07.2002
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Taxonomic list
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Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825 gar | |
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Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861 bowfin | |
| Mammalia | |
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Mesodma sp. Jepsen 1940 multituberculate this is a new species also found at Rav W-1 (see) and is NOT M. thompsoni
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