Flint Creek Beds (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Granite County, Montana (46.4° N, 113.2° W: paleocoordinates 47.1° N, 110.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Primary reference: C. C. Black. 1961. New rodents from the early Miocene deposits of Sixty-six Mountain, Wyoming. Breviora. Annals of Carnegie Museum 36 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 18894: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• first described by Douglass 1903
section spans about 40 m: Pierce and Rasmussen 1989
type of Cotimus alicae is from an Arikareean stratum: Engesser 1979
specimen of "Desmatochoerus newchicagoensis" of Schultz and Falkenbach 1954 is from the Cabbage Patch Fm.
"Desmatochoerus newchicagoensis" type of Schultz and Falkenbach 1954 is from the "upper Miocene" at New Chicago and is clearly from this level, but is omitted by Black as well as Pierce and Rasmussen 1989
section spans about 40 m: Pierce and Rasmussen 1989
type of Cotimus alicae is from an Arikareean stratum: Engesser 1979
specimen of "Desmatochoerus newchicagoensis" of Schultz and Falkenbach 1954 is from the Cabbage Patch Fm.
"Desmatochoerus newchicagoensis" type of Schultz and Falkenbach 1954 is from the "upper Miocene" at New Chicago and is clearly from this level, but is omitted by Black as well as Pierce and Rasmussen 1989
Show authors, comments, and common names
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"Ogmophus arenarum n. sp." = Ogmophis arenarum2
"Ogmophus arenarum n. sp." = Ogmophis arenarum2 Douglass 1903 Mexican burrowing snake "from the Flint Creek beds" near New Chicago
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"Aelurodon brachygnathus n. sp." = Euoplocyon brachygnathus Douglass 1903 bone-crushing dog | |
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Hypohippus sp. Leidy 1858 anchitheriine horse | |
"Aphelops montanus" = Peraceras profectum
"Aphelops montanus" = Peraceras profectum Matthew 1899 rhinoceros | |
Brachycrus laticeps, "Ticholeptus zygomaticus" = Ticholeptus zygomaticus5, "Merychyus smithi" = Ticholeptus zygomaticus1
Brachycrus laticeps Douglass 1900 oreodont this includes the types of "Pronomotherium altiramus," "P. elrodi," "P. laticeps," and "P. madisonium," all from the lower Madison Valley: see Thorpe 1937, Schultz and Falkenbach 1940
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Hesperhys vagrans Douglass 1903 peccary | |
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Dromomeryx borealis Cope 1877 ruminant probably includes type of Cope from "Deep River" and new material of Frick 1937 from "E. New Chicago"
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"Citellus primitivus" = Spermophilus primitivus
"Citellus primitivus" = Spermophilus primitivus Bryant 1945 ground squirrel includes "Sciurus" of Douglass 1903
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Monosaulax sp. Stirton 1935 beaver | |
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