Middle Cabbage Patch Beds ( of the United States)

Where: Granite and Powell County, Montana (46.7° N, 113.1° W: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 107.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Renova Formation, Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: pond

• "a pond in a flood basin" (Tihen 1974)

Collection methods: University of Montana Museum of Paleontology material of Tihen was apparently collected by D. Rasmussen

Primary reference: D. L. Rasmussen. 1989. Depositional Environments, Paleoecology, and Biostratigraphy of Arikareean Bozeman Group Strata West of the Continental Divide in Montana. Montana Geological Society 1989 Field Conference Guidebook 1:205-215 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17543: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• includes Bert Creek Loc. 2 (MV6504-2); Cabbage Patch Loc. 2 (Ku-Mt-12 = MN6504-4); Dutton Ranch Loc. 7 (MV-6623); Flint Creek Loc. 2 (KU-MT-28 = MV-6604), and probably numerous other localities: see Rich and Rasmussen 1973, Pierce and Rasmussen 1992
Rich and Rasmussen 1973 list "Domnina sp." from Cabbage Patch Loc. 2
"? Parasminthus sp." is not documented in North America, see Korth 1994c
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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
"Herpetotheriinae indet." = Herpetotheriidae1
"Herpetotheriinae indet." = Herpetotheriidae1 Trouessart 1879 marsupial
 Theriamorpha - Peradectidae
? Nanodelphys sp.
? Nanodelphys sp. McGrew 1937 marsupial
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Miohippus sp.
Miohippus sp. Marsh 1874 anchitheriine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceratherium radtkei n. sp.2, Diceratherium annectens2, Diceratherium armatum2
Diceratherium radtkei n. sp.2 Prothero and Rasmussen 2008 rhinoceros
Diceratherium annectens2 Marsh 1873 rhinoceros
referred material from MV6558
Diceratherium armatum2 Marsh 1875 rhinoceros
referred material from MV6504-4 and MV6554
 Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Pronodens sp.
Pronodens sp. Koerner 1940 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merycochoerus sp.1
Merycochoerus sp.1 Leidy 1858 oreodont
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet.
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet.
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Mystipterus sp.
Mystipterus sp. Hall 1930 mole
 Theriamorpha - Proscalopidae
Proscalops sp.
Proscalops sp. Matthew 1901 placental
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceidae indet., Ocajila rasmusseni, Amphechinus horncloudi3, Parvericius montanus4, Stenoechinus tantalus3
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 hedgehog
from Ku-Mt-12 according to Rich 1981
Ocajila rasmusseni Korth 2022 hedgehog
Amphechinus horncloudi3 Macdonald 1970 hedgehog
Parvericius montanus4 Koerner 1940 hedgehog
Stenoechinus tantalus3 Rich and Rasmussen 1973 hedgehog
from Cabbage Patch Loc. 13 (KU-Mt-46), Granite Co., said to be in the "middle Cabbage Patch beds"
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Archaeolagus sp., ? Desmatolagus sp.
Archaeolagus sp. Dice 1917 rabbit
? Desmatolagus sp. Matthew and Granger 1923 rabbit
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Aplodontidae indet., Niglarodon sp., ? Meniscomys sp.
Aplodontidae indet. Brandt 1855 mountain beaver
two forms
Niglarodon sp. Black 1961 mountain beaver
? Meniscomys sp. Cope 1878 mountain beaver
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet.
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Eomyidae indet.
Eomyidae indet. Winge 1887 rodent
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
? Tenudomys sp., Pleurolicus sp.
? Tenudomys sp. Rensberger 1973 pocket gopher
probably includes "Mookomys sp." of Rich and Rasmussen 1973 from Cabbatch Patch Loc. 2
Pleurolicus sp. Cope 1878 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoridae indet., Castoridae indet.1
Castoridae indet. Gray 1821 beaver
Castoridae indet.1 Gray 1821 beaver
 Rodentia - Eutypomyidae
Eutypomyidae indet.1
Eutypomyidae indet.1 Miller and Gidley 1918 rodent
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapodidae indet.1
Zapodidae indet.1 Coues 1875 jumping mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Paciculus sp., Leidymys sp.
Paciculus sp. Cope 1879 mouse
Leidymys sp. Wood 1936 mouse
Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Taricha (Palaeotaricha) miocenica n. sp.5
Taricha (Palaeotaricha) miocenica n. sp.5 Tihen 1974 Roughskin newts
1Alroy 2002; 2Prothero and Rasmussen 2008; 3Rich 1981; 4Rich and Rasmussen 1973; 5Tihen 1974