Fort Logan ( of the United States)

Where: Meagher County, Montana (46.5° N, 111.0° W: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 105.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: E. Douglass. 1903. New vertebrates from the Montana Tertiary. Annals of Carnegie Museum 2(5):145-199 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 17509: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• part of the "Deep River" fauna, restricted to the "older formation"; may still be stratigraphically mixed, but recognized by both Koerner 1940 and Tedford et al. 1987 and faunistically not at all unusual for a Gering equivalent
based on Wang 1994, collections of Scott 1895 include Crabtree Bluff, Thompson Gulch North, and Spring Creek and are therefore from the central part of T10N R5E
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Niglarodon koerneri n. sp.2 Black 1961 mountain beaver
sec 4 T10N R5E
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eumys brachyodus2 Wood 1937 mouse
 Rodentia - Castoridae
"Steneofiber montanus" = Agnotocastor montanus
"Steneofiber montanus" = Agnotocastor montanus Scott 1893 beaver
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Megalagus dawsoni n. sp.2 Black 1961 rabbit
sec 23 and sec 28 T11N R5E
Palaeolagus hypsodus2 Schlaikjer 1935 rabbit
sec 5 T10N R5E
 Carnivora - Canidae
Cynodesmus thooides n. sp. Scott 1893 canid
from the Scott collection, see Wang 1994
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Mesoreodon wheeleri n. sp." = Desmatochoerus megalodon7, "Promerycochoerus thorpei n. sp." = Desmatochoerus hatcheri, "Mesoreodon chelonyx" = Mesoreodon chelonyx, "Mesoreodon danai n. sp." = Mesoreodon chelonyx, "Mesoreodon intermedius" = Mesoreodon chelonyx, "Eporeodon meagherensis n. sp." = Mesoreodon chelonyx, "Cyclopidius heterodon n. sp." = Sespia heterodon3, "Cyclopidius loganensis n. sp." = Leptauchenia decora
"Mesoreodon wheeleri n. sp." = Desmatochoerus megalodon7 Peterson 1907 oreodont
"Promerycochoerus thorpei n. sp." = Desmatochoerus hatcheri Douglass 1907 oreodont
"Mesoreodon chelonyx" = Mesoreodon chelonyx Scott 1893 oreodont
includes "M. intermedius" and types of "M. danai," "M. wheeleri," and "Eporeodon meagherensis" of Koerner 1940, former two from sec 15 T10N R5E, latter from sec 17 T11N R5E
"Mesoreodon danai n. sp." = Mesoreodon chelonyx Scott 1893 oreodont
"Mesoreodon intermedius" = Mesoreodon chelonyx Scott 1893 oreodont
"Eporeodon meagherensis n. sp." = Mesoreodon chelonyx Scott 1893 oreodont
"Cyclopidius heterodon n. sp." = Sespia heterodon3 Cope 1877 oreodont
"Cyclopidius loganensis n. sp." = Leptauchenia decora Leidy 1856 oreodont
sec 5 T10N R5E; includes "Sespia heterodon" of Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 from "7 miles southeast of Fort Logan"
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Pronodens silberlingi n. gen. n. sp.4
Pronodens silberlingi n. gen. n. sp.4 Koerner 1940 ruminant
sec 4 T10N R5E
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Blastomeryx gemmifer6 Cope 1874 musk deer
"AMNH 21306"
 Artiodactyla - Hypertragulidae
Hypertragulus calcaratus Cope 1873 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.1 Gray 1821 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Miohippus ? equiceps Cope 1878 anchitheriine horse
Miohippus ? annectens Marsh 1874 anchitheriine horse
present at Kew Quarry
Miohippus ? anceps Marsh 1874 anchitheriine horse
not clear if this is valid
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet.1 Gray 1821 rhinoceros
Diceratherium annectens5 Marsh 1873 rhinoceros
"Arikareean, Deep River beds, Fort Logan Formation, Meagher County, Montana"