Joe Painter Quarry (Cretaceous of the United States)

Where: Harding County, South Dakota (45.5° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 51.6° N, 76.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: R. W. Wilson. 1983. Late Cretaceous mammals of western South Dakota, 1974. National Geographic Society Research Reports (1971, 1973, or 1974) 15:749-752 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14604: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Gypsonictopidae
Gypsonictops hypoconus Simpson 1927 eutherian
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
"Nortedelphys intermedius" = Nortedelphys jasoni
"Nortedelphys intermedius" = Nortedelphys jasoni Storer 1991 marsupial
from SDSM "Painter Ranch (V651)" locality in Harding County
 Theriamorpha - Pediomyidae
"Pediomys hatcheri" = Protolambda hatcheri, Pediomys elegans, "Pediomys krejcii" = Leptalestes krejcii
"Pediomys hatcheri" = Protolambda hatcheri Osborn 1898 metatherian
Pediomys elegans Marsh 1889 metatherian
"Pediomys krejcii" = Leptalestes krejcii Clemens 1966 metatherian
 Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Alphadon ? marshi Simpson 1927 metatherian
 Theriamorpha - Stagodontidae
? Didelphodon sp. Marsh 1889 metatherian
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma hensleighi Lillegraven 1969 multituberculate
Mesodma formosa Marsh 1889 multituberculate
Mesodma thompsoni Clemens 1964 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Meniscoessus robustus Marsh 1889 multituberculate