Bug Creek West (Paleocene of the United States)
Where: McCone County, Montana (47.8° N, 106.1° W: paleocoordinates 54.0° N, 80.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Hell Creek Formation, Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: R. E. Sloan. 1976. The ecology of dinosaur extinction. In C. S. Churcher (ed.), Athlon: Essays on Palaeontology in Honor of Loris Shano Russell. Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Miscellaneous Publications 134-154 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14672: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• "60 feet below the Tullock Formation in the northeast quarter of sect. 17, T 22 N, R 43 E"
Lofgren 1995 argues that direct superposition of this locality and Bug Creek Anthills is not demonstrable
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 scheme
Lofgren 1995 argues that direct superposition of this locality and Bug Creek Anthills is not demonstrable
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 scheme
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cf. Mesodma sp.1 Jepsen 1940 multituberculate must include "M. formosa" and "M. thompsoni" of Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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"Catopsalis joyneri" = Valenopsalis joyneri1
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Baioconodon sp.2, Mimatuta morgoth3, Protungulatum sp.1, Protungulatum donnae1, Protungulatum gorgun3
Protungulatum sp.1 Sloan and Van Valen 1965 condylarth called "sp. O" by Sloan/Van Valen, "sp. M" by Archibald and Clemens; "M" could be M. morgoth
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