SBMNH Berry Loc. 4 (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Meagher County, Montana (46.5° N, 110.9° W: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 107.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Deep River Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• environment interpreted as mesic, temperate climate with woodland having similar climate requirements as modern mixed mesophytic. Precipitation no less than 75cm.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by S. S. Berry

Primary reference: B. Roth and K. C. Emberton. 1994. "Extralimital" Land Mollusks (Gastropoda) from the Deep River Formation, Montana: Evidence for Mesic Medial Tertiary Climate. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 145:93-106 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 200345: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 29.03.2019

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Taxonomic list

• specimens held at Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
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Gastropoda
 Cycloneritida - Helicinidae
Hendersonia stillmani
Hendersonia stillmani Roth and Emberton 1994 snail