Luck O Hutch: Puercan, Montana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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? Prodiacodon crustulum
Novacek 1977
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Smith et al. 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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Procerberus sp.
Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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= Procerberus formicarum
Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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Smith et al. 2018 | |||||||||
1 specimen | ||||||||||
Procerberus cf. grandis
Middleton and Dewar 2004
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Smith et al. 2018 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Periptychidae
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Periptychidae indet.
Cope 1882
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Smith et al. 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Protungulatum donnae
Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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Smith et al. 2018 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Mimatuta sp.
Van Valen 1978
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Smith et al. 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
? Mimatuta sp.
Van Valen 1978
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= Mimatuta morgoth
Van Valen 1978
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Smith et al. 2018 | |||||||||
1 specimen | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Eucosmodontidae
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Cimexomys gratus
(Jepsen 1930)
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Smith et al. 2018 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Stygimys gratus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Cimexomys minor
Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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Smith et al. 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Mesodma sp.
Jepsen 1940
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Mesodma hensleighi
Lillegraven 1969
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Smith et al. 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mesodma formosa
(Marsh 1889)
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Smith et al. 2018 | 11 specimens | ||||||||
Mesodma thompsoni
Clemens 1964
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Smith et al. 2018 | 16 specimens | ||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | McCone |
Coordinates: | 47.8° North, 106.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 54.0° North, 80.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Puercan | Mammal zone: | Pu1 |
Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 63.80000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Fort Union | Member: | Tullock |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Taxonomic list comments:one of only two Tullock localities in Lofgren's field area overlies the MCZ coal, dated by Swisher et al. 1993 at 65.03 +/- 0.04 Ma (SCLF AA on sanidine) |
Metadata
Also known as: | UCMP V-88306; V88036 | ||
Database number: | 14759 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1997-04-12 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-08-02 05:07:49 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-04-12 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2255. | D. L. Lofgren. 1995. The Bug Creek problem and the Cretaceous-Tertiary transition at McGuire Creek, Montana. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 140:1-185 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
85522 | J. R. Claytor, L. N. Weaver, T. S. Tobin and G. P. Wilson Mantilla. 2023. New mammalian local faunas from the first ca. 80 ka of the Paleocene in northeastern Montana and a revised model of biotic recovery from the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e2222777 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
65846 | S. M. Smith, C. J. Sprain, W. A. Clemens, D.L. Lofgren, P. R. Renne and G. P. Wilson. 2018. Early mammalian recovery after the end-Cretaceous mass extinction: A high-resolution view from McGuire Creek area, Montana, USA . Geological Society America Bulletin 130(11-12):2000-2014 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion] |