Also known as MV 7724, MV 7728
Where: Beaverhead County, Montana (45.0° N, 112.8° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 51.6° N, 97.1° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: middle Member (Cook Ranch Formation), Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: A. R. Tabrum, D. R. Prothero, and D. Garcia. 1996. Magnetostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Eocene-Oligocene transition, southwestern Montana. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 278-311 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 17138: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.04.1997, edited by Clint Boyd
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Herpetotherium fugax Cope 1873 marsupial
Copedelphys cf. stevensoni Cope 1873 marsupial | |
? Oligoscalops sp. Reed 1961 placental | |
? Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew | |
Hesperocyon gregarius Cope 1873 canid | |
? Hyracodon sp. Leidy 1856 odd-toed ungulate | |
Mesohippus sp. Marsh 1875 anchitheriine horse | |
Poebrotherium sp. Leidy 1847 camel | |
Leptomeryx aff. evansi Leidy 1853 ruminant | |
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Heliscomys sp. Cope 1873 rodent | |
Adjidaumo cf. minimus Matthew 1903 rodent | |
Brachygaulus leistneri n. sp., Prosciurus sp.
Prosciurus sp. Matthew 1903 mountain beaver | |
? Palaeolagus sp. Leidy 1856 rabbit
"Palaeolagus" burkei Schlaikjer 1935 rabbit |