Also known as ETE Locality 1533
Where: Alberta, Canada (53.2° N, 114.7° W: paleocoordinates 59.7° N, 91.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Paskapoo Formation, Ti3 (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)
• said to be "middle Tiffanian (Ti3)" by Webb 1998 and Scott (2010)
•"30 cm thick layer"
•ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: .
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; poorly lithified sandstone and poorly lithified sandstone
•ETE sed env 1: ., ETE sed env 2: . ETE event: ., ETE env comment: 0
•ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: 0
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve
• "over 400 identifiable mammal teeth and jaw fragments have been collected through careful quarrying and limited screenwashing"
•ETE Abrasion: ., ETE Assemblage formation: ., ETE transport: ., ETE weathering/trampling: ., ETE part concentration: ., ETE time represented: . ,ETE vert pres: ., ETE invert pres: ., ETE plant pres: .
Primary reference: C. S. Scott, M. W. Webb, and R. C. Fox. 2006. Horolodectes sunae, an enigmatic mammal from the late Paleocene of Alberta, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 80(5):1009-1025 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14928: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.10.1995
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