Bug Creek Anthills (Reworked) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-65127, V-70201

Where: McCone County, Montana (47.8° N, 106.1° W: paleocoordinates 54.4° N, 79.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hell Creek Formation, Lancian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: mesofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: anthill,

Primary reference: J. D. Archibald and W. A. Clemens. 1984. Mammal evolution near the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary. In W. A. Berggren, J. A. Van Couvering (eds.), Catastrophes and Earth History: The New Uniformitarianism 339-372 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14516: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.04.1997, edited by Matthew Carrano and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

• see also Archibald et al. 1987, Swisher et al. 1993;based on Lofgren et al. 1990 and Lofgren 1995, fauna is mixed; I have sorted out Paleocene and reworked Cretaceous lists based on Lofgren's schemewell below the Z-Coal, but correlation is indirect: Fastovsky and Dott 1986
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza avonicola4 Estes 1964 ray
UCMP 130665, complete rostral tooth
Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Essonodon browni Simpson 1927 multituberculate
Meniscoessus robustus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
presumably includes "M. borealis" of original Sloan/Van Valen list
Cimolomys gracilis Marsh 1889 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
Cimolodon nitidus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
 Theriamorpha - Gypsonictopidae
"Gypsonictops hypoconus" = Gypsonictops hypoconus, "Gypsonictops petersoni" = Gypsonictops hypoconus
"Gypsonictops hypoconus" = Gypsonictops hypoconus Simpson 1927 eutherian
"Gypsonictops petersoni" = Gypsonictops hypoconus Simpson 1927 eutherian
 Theriamorpha - Zhelestidae
Alostera saskatchewanensis6 Fox 1989 eutherian
UALVP 6727; not discussed in detail
 Creodonta -
"Cimolestes magnus" = Altacreodus magnus
"Cimolestes magnus" = Altacreodus magnus Clemens and Russell 1965 creodont
accidentally included in collection 14671 through 4/11
 Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Batodon tenuis Marsh 1892 eutherian
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Nortedelphys minimus n. gen. n. sp.3, "Alphadon jasoni" = Nortedelphys jasoni8, "Nortedelphys intermedius" = Nortedelphys jasoni3
Nortedelphys minimus n. gen. n. sp.3 Case et al. 2004 marsupial
"Alphadon jasoni" = Nortedelphys jasoni8 Storer 1991 marsupial
UALVP 6748
"Nortedelphys intermedius" = Nortedelphys jasoni3 Storer 1991 marsupial
 Theriamorpha - Pediomyidae
Pediomys elegans, "Pediomys krejcii" = Leptalestes krejcii, "Pediomys hatcheri" = Protolambda hatcheri, "Pediomys florencae" = Protolambda florencae
Pediomys elegans Marsh 1889 metatherian
"Pediomys krejcii" = Leptalestes krejcii Clemens 1966 metatherian
"Pediomys hatcheri" = Protolambda hatcheri Osborn 1898 metatherian
"Pediomys florencae" = Protolambda florencae Clemens 1966 metatherian
 Theriamorpha - Stagodontidae
Didelphodon vorax Marsh 1889 metatherian
 Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Alphadon marshi Simpson 1927 metatherian
includes "A. wilsoni"
 Polydolopimorphia - Glasbiidae
Glasbius twitchelli1 Archibald 1982 metatherian
Reptilia
 Testudinata - Baenidae
Palatobaena bairdi2 Gaffney 1972 turtle
UCMP 114644 (left maxilla), UCMP 114656 (right quadrate), UCMP 114680 (right and left jaw halves) and UCMP 114686 (left maxilla)
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet.5 Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
Triceratops sp.5 Marsh 1889 ceratopsid
 Ornithischia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet.5 Cope 1869 hadrosaurid
 Theropoda -
 Theropoda - Troodontidae
Troodon sp.5 Leidy 1856 maniraptoran
 Theropoda -
Paronychodon sp.5 Cope 1876 maniraptoran
Aves
 Charadriiformes -
Charadriiformes "indet. sp. 1"7 Huxley 1867 shorebird
ANSP 15868