PBDB Collection

Bingo Quarry (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: Sweetgrass County, Montana (45.8° N, 109.8° W: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 89.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Melville Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: M. T. Silcox, D. W. Krause, M. C. Maas and R. C. Fox. 2001. New specimens of Elphidotarsius russelli (Mammalia, ?Primates, Carpolestidae) and a revision of plesiadapoid relationships. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(1):132-152 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 15010: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

• see Hartman and Krause 1993 for locality details; foot level estimated from their Fig. 2
said to be "Ti1"

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Mammalia
Macroscelidea - Apheliscidae	Gingerichia "sp. 1"² Gingerichia "sp. 1"² Zack et al. 2005 elephant shrew UM 54895 (right p4) - "a probable third species of Gingerichia"
Primates - Carpolestidae	Elphidotarsius russelli Elphidotarsius russelli Krause 1978 primate
Primates - Plesiadapidae	Nannodectes sp.¹ Nannodectes sp.¹ Gingerich 1975 primate
Acreodi - Triisodontidae	Goniacodon levisanus¹ Goniacodon levisanus¹ Cope 1883 placental UM 51391 (left m3)
Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae	Ectocion sp.¹ Ectocion sp.¹ Cope 1882 condylarth
Cimolesta - Pentacodontidae	Aphronorus orieli¹ Aphronorus orieli¹ Gazin 1969 eutherian

¹St. Clair et al. 2010; ²Zack et al. 2005