Cochrane 2, Kanada


Fundort: Cochrane 2, Kanada, Alberta, Kanada
Taxon: Plesiadapis anceps aus der Familie Plesiadapidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
2 Fossilien gefunden:
Bezeichng. Anzahl Seite Körpert./Zahn Abkürzg.
1unterer Molar(m1)
11unterer Molar(m1)
Macrofossils,mesofossils, Reassigned from the Porcupine Hills Formation to the Paskapoo Formation by Fox (2011) fossils are from "within an interval ranging from a few centimeters to a meter or so in thickness" (Fox 2011), "poorly bedded grayishgreen siltstones, rich in broken bivalve and gastropod shells that are accompanied by bits of coalified wood and occasional wellrounded pebbles" (Fox 2011)
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 56,8 und 61,7 Millionen Jahre aus der Paskapoo Formation in Kanada
Geologie, Sratigraphie Danian, Selandian, Thanetian / Ti1 / Paskapoo
Koordinaten: 51° 11 ' 0 '' N, 114° 26 ' 0 '' W

Literatur

R. C. Fox 1988, Late Cretaceous and Paleocene mammal localities of southern Alberta. Occasional Paper of the Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. 6, p. 1 - 38

Systematik