Tedrow Quarry D (Reworked) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-87072 (in part)

Where: McCone County, Montana (47.6° N, 106.2° W: paleocoordinates 54.2° N, 79.2° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• 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: bulk, surface (float), anthill, sieve,

• collection methods: 5 specimens surface, 456 screenwash, and 243 anthill including both Cretaceous and Paleocene taxa

Primary reference: D. L. Lofgren. 1995. The Bug Creek problem and the Cretaceous-Tertiary transition at McGuire Creek, Montana. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 140:1-185 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14624: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.04.1997, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• abundances based on Lofgren et al. 2005
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Stagodontidae
Didelphodon vorax Marsh 1889 metatherian
 Polydolopimorphia - Glasbiidae
Glasbius twitchelli Archibald 1982 metatherian
 Theriamorpha - Pediomyidae
Pediomys elegans, "Pediomys krejcii" = Leptalestes krejcii, "Pediomys florencae" = Protolambda florencae, "Pediomys hatcheri" = Protolambda hatcheri
Pediomys elegans Marsh 1889 metatherian
"Pediomys krejcii" = Leptalestes krejcii Clemens 1966 metatherian
"Pediomys florencae" = Protolambda florencae Clemens 1966 metatherian
"Pediomys hatcheri" = Protolambda hatcheri Osborn 1898 metatherian
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
"Nortedelphys intermedius n. sp." = Nortedelphys jasoni2
"Nortedelphys intermedius n. sp." = Nortedelphys jasoni2 Storer 1991 marsupial
 Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Alphadontidae indet.1 Marshall et al. 1990 metatherian
Alphadon wilsoni5 Lillegraven 1969 metatherian
Alphadon marshi Simpson 1927 metatherian
Turgidodon rhaister1 Clemens 1966 metatherian
 Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Batodon tenuis5 Marsh 1892 eutherian
 Theriamorpha - Gypsonictopidae
Gypsonictops illuminatus Lillegraven 1969 eutherian
 Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae
Cimolodon nitidus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Meniscoessus robustus Marsh 1889 multituberculate
Reptilia
 Ornithischia - Ceratopsidae
Ceratopsidae indet.3 Marsh 1888 ceratopsid
 Theropoda - Troodontidae
Troodontidae indet.3 Gilmore 1924 maniraptoran
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
Richardoestesia cf. isosceles4 Sankey 2001 maniraptoran
UCMP 213980
Saurornitholestinae indet.4 Longrich and Currie 2009 maniraptoran
UCMP 186973, 187197-9
 Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae
Tyrannosauridae indet.3 Osborn 1906 tyrannosaurid