Melville Localities 11/13 (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as Princeton Locs. 11 and 13

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

• coordinate based on political unit

When: "Fort Union No. 3" (= Melville) Formation, Tiffanian (61.7 - 56.8 Ma)

• in a stratigraphically isolated reversed polarity zone interpreted as chron C26r: Butler et al. 1987

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: G. G. Simpson. 1937. The Fort Union of the Crazy Mountain field, Montana and its mammalian faunas. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 169:1-287 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 15037: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994

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Taxonomic list

• only 13 specimens were discussed by Simpson, but Hartman and Krause 1993 report that "over 300 specimens" are now known
much higher than other Melville localities (see)
Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Ptilodontidae
Ptilodus sp.2 Cope 1881 multituberculate
P. sp. "C"; replaces "Multituberculata indet."
 Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Hyopsodontidae indet.1 Trouessart 1879 condylarth
 Theriamorpha - Phenacodontidae
Ectocion collinus1 Russell 1929 condylarth
Tetraclaenodon sp. Scott 1892 condylarth
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Thryptacodon cf. australis Simpson 1935 condylarth
Arctocyon cf. ferox1 Cope 1883 condylarth
 Primates - Carpolestidae
Carpolestinae indet.3 Russell 1964 primate
 Primates - Plesiadapidae
Plesiadapis rex n. sp. Gidley 1923 primate
 Primates - Paromomyidae
cf. Paromomys sp. Gidley 1923 primate
 Dermoptera -
Elpidophorus ? elegans1 Simpson 1927 colugo