Gao Mine (Paleocene of Canada)
Where: Alberta, Canada (52.2° N, 113.6° W: paleocoordinates 58.6° N, 90.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Paskapoo Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)
• said to be late Tiffanian (Fox 1988) or "Ti4b or Ti5" (Scott 2010)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; fine-grained siltstone
• "fine siltstone with sparse molluscs" (Scott 2010)
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: R. C. Fox. 1988. Occasional Paper of the Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 6 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 14951: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
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