Middle Cabbage Patch Beds: Arikareean, Montana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Petauristinae indet.
Miller 1912
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"flying squirrel" | ||||||||||
Allomys sp.
Marsh 1877
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= Allomyinae indet.
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Taricha (Palaeotaricha) miocenica n. sp.
Tihen 1974
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Tihen 1974 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Miohippus sp.
Marsh 1874
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Diceratherium annectens
(Marsh 1873)
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Prothero and Rasmussen 2008 | |||||||||
referred material from MV6558 | ||||||||||
Diceratherium armatum
Marsh 1875
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Prothero and Rasmussen 2008 | |||||||||
referred material from MV6504-4 and MV6554 | ||||||||||
Diceratherium sp.
Marsh 1875
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= Diceratherium cf. armatum
Marsh 1875
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Tedford et al. 1987 | |||||||||
= Diceratherium radtkei n. sp.
Prothero and Rasmussen 2008
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Prothero and Rasmussen 2008 | |||||||||
Locality MV6504-1 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Megoreodon sp.
Schultz and Falkenbach 1954
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= Merycochoerus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Leptomerycidae
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Pronodens sp.
Koerner 1940
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Mystipterus sp.
Hall 1930
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Mammalia
- Proscalopidae
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Proscalops sp.
Matthew 1901
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Erinaceidae indet.
Fischer von Waldheim 1817
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from Ku-Mt-12 according to Rich 1981 | ||||||||||
Stenoechinus tantalus
Rich and Rasmussen 1973
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Rich 1981 | |||||||||
from Cabbage Patch Loc. 13 (KU-Mt-46), Granite Co., said to be in the "middle Cabbage Patch beds" | ||||||||||
Amphechinus sp.
Aymard 1850
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= Amphechinus horncloudi
Macdonald 1970
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Rich 1981 | |||||||||
KU-Mt-9 (MV6504-5), KU-Mt-11 (MV-6617) | ||||||||||
Parvericius sp.
Koerner 1940
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= Parvericius montanus
Koerner 1940
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Rich and Rasmussen 1973 | |||||||||
present at Bert Creek Loc. 2 | ||||||||||
Ocajila rasmusseni
Korth 2022
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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? Desmatolagus sp.
Matthew and Granger 1923
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Archaeolagus sp.
Dice 1917
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Plesiosminthus sp.
Viret 1926
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= Zapodidae indet.
Coues 1875
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Leidymys sp.
Wood 1936
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Paciculus sp.
Cope 1879
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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Aplodontidae indet.
Brandt 1855
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two forms | ||||||||||
? Meniscomys sp.
Cope 1878
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Niglarodon sp.
Black 1961
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciuridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Monosaulax sp.
Stirton 1935
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= Castoridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
and "? Capatanka | ||||||||||
Castoridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eutypomyidae
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Eutypomys sp.
Matthew 1905
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= Eutypomyidae indet.
Miller and Gidley 1918
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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? Tenudomys sp.
Rensberger 1973
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probably includes "Mookomys sp." of Rich and Rasmussen 1973 from Cabbatch Patch Loc. 2 | ||||||||||
Pleurolicus sp.
Cope 1878
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Eomyidae indet.
Winge 1887
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Mammalia
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? Nanodelphys sp.
McGrew 1937
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Peratherium sp.
Aymard 1850
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= Herpetotheriinae indet.
Trouessart 1879
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Herpetotheriidae | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Granite and Powell |
Coordinates: | 46.7° North, 113.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 47.8° North, 107.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4-5 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Oligocene |
Key time interval: | Arikareean | ||
Age range of interval: | 29.50000 - 18.50000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment: | pond |
Geology comments: "a pond in a flood basin" (Tihen 1974) |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collection method comments: University of Montana Museum of Paleontology material of Tihen was apparently collected by D. Rasmussen | |
Taxonomic list comments:includes Bert Creek Loc. 2 (MV6504-2); Cabbage Patch Loc. 2 (Ku-Mt-12 = MN6504-4); Dutton Ranch Loc. 7 (MV-6623); Flint Creek Loc. 2 (KU-MT-28 = MV-6604), and probably numerous other localities: see Rich and Rasmussen 1973, Pierce and Rasmussen 1992 Rich and Rasmussen 1973 list "Domnina sp." from Cabbage Patch Loc. 2 "? Parasminthus sp." is not documented in North America, see Korth 1994c |
Metadata
Database number: | 17543 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-11-04 21:52:16 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2831. | D. L. Rasmussen. 1989. Depositional Environments, Paleoecology, and Biostratigraphy of Arikareean Bozeman Group Strata West of the Continental Divide in Montana. Montana Geological Society 1989 Field Conference Guidebook 1:205-215 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
50941 | D. R. Prothero and D. L. Rasmussen. 2008. New giant rhinoceros from the Arikareean (Oligocene–Miocene) of Montana, South Dakota and Wyoming. In S. Lucas (ed.), New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 44:323-330 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] | |
2897 | T. H. V. Rich. 1981. Origin and History of the Erinaceinae and Brachyericinae (Mammalia, Insectivora) in North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 171(1):1-116 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] | |
2898 | T. H. V. Rich and D. L. Rasmussen. 1973. New North American erinaceine hedgehogs (Mammalia; Insectivora). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas 21:1-54 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
6198 | R. H. Tedford, T. Galusha, M. F. Skinner, B. E. Taylor, R. W. Fields, J. R. Macdonald, J. M. Rensberger, S. D. Webb, and D. P. Whistler. 1987. Faunal succession and biochronology of the Arikareean through Hemphillian interval (late Oligocene through earliest Pliocene epochs) in North America. In M. O. Woodburne (ed.), Cenozoic Mammals of North America: Geochronology and Biostratigraphy 153-210 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner] | |
25670 | J. A. Tihen. 1974. Two new North American Miocene salamandrids. Journal of Herpetology 8(3):211-218 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |