Bangtail (Paleocene of the United States)
Where: Park County, Montana (45.8° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 51.9° N, 89.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Fort Union Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: P. D. Gingerich, P. Houde, and D. W. Krause. 1983. A New Earliest Tiffanian (Late Paleocene) Mammalian Fauna from Bangtail Plateau, Western Crazy Mountain Basin, Montana. Journal of Paleontology 57(5) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
PaleoDB collection 15008: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• far removed from main CMB section of Simpson 1937a
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Lithornis celetius n. sp.3
Lithornis celetius n. sp.3 Houde 1988 bird USNM 290601 - type (loosely associated skull, quadrates, pelvis in several pieces, right femur lacking distal end, radiales, and caudal vertebrae) and referred material; MNI = 2
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Nannodectes intermedius Gazin 1971 primate | |
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Leptacodon cf. packi Jepsen 1930 placental
Leptacodon munusculum Simpson 1935 placental | |
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Aphronorus orieli Gazin 1969 eutherian | |
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Myrmecoboides montanensis Gidley 1915 eutherian | |
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Neoplagiaulacidae indet. Ameghino 1890 multituberculate "Ectypodus sp. C"; said to be the same as the new Swain Quarry species, which may be Parectypodus clemensi of Sloan 1981
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