Also known as UCMP V-71203
Where: McCone County, Montana (47.8° N, 106.2° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 57.5° N, 66.5° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Hell Creek Formation, Puercan (66.0 - 63.8 Ma)
• 40 feet below the Tullock Formation. The stratigraphic level is said to be 'about the same as Bug Creek Anthills'
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: R. E. Sloan and L. Van Valen. 1965. Cretaceous mammals from Montana. Science 148(3667):220-227 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14741: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Mark Uhen
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Taxonomic list
"Purgatorius ceratops" type: only a single tooth; Johnston and Fox 1984, Fox 1990, and Buckley 1997 all question this record on the grounds that it is probably a contaminant in the screenwash sample; Van Valen 1994 disagrees
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Purgatorius ceratops n. sp.2
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"Ragnarok harbichti n. sp." = Baioconodon nordicus1, Oxyprimus erikseni n. sp.4, Protungulatum sp.1, Protungulatum gorgun n. sp.4, Protungulatum cf. donnae, Mimatuta morgoth n. sp.4
Protungulatum sp.1 Sloan and Van Valen 1965 condylarth several forms, including "M" (="S" of Sloan/Van Valen?), "H," and "E"
Protungulatum cf. donnae Sloan and Van Valen 1965 condylarth | |
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Procerberus formicarum Sloan and Van Valen 1965 eutherian | |
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