Highwood River: Late/Upper Paleocene, Canada
collected by R. L. Fowler and L. S. Russell 1929
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Aspideretes superstes n. sp.
Russell 1930
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3 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Aspideretoides superstes | ||||||||||
holotype: U. Alberta 334 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
Coordinates: | 50.7° North, 113.9° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 56.8° North, 92.8° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
Stage: | Thanetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Paleocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Paskapoo | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: about 600 ft above base of Paskapoo formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | R. L. Fowler and L. S. Russell | Collection dates: | 1929 |
Metadata
Database number: | 178484 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2016-05-04 12:30:32 | Last modified: | 2016-05-04 12:30:32 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-05-04 12:30:32 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
59054. | L. S. Russell. 1930. A new species of Aspideretes from the Paskapoo Formation of Alberta. American Journal of Science 115:27-32 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |