Put's Plunder (UCMP V-81234): Middle Campanian, Montana
collected by W. Clemens et al. 1980-1981

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Theria indet. Parker and Haswell 1897
Montellano 1992
Paranyctoides sp. Fox 1979
Montellano 1992 1 specimen
    = Avitotherium sp. Cifelli 1990
Nessov et al. 1998
    = Eutheria indet. Huxley 1880
Montellano et al. 2013
UCMP 131245
Paranyctoides maleficus Fox 1984
Montellano 1992 1 specimen
Mammalia - Pediomyidae
Pediomys clemensi Sahni 1972
Montellano 1992 4 specimens
Mammalia - Stagodontidae
Eodelphis sp. Matthew 1916
Montellano 1992 6 specimens
Mammalia - Alphadontidae
Alphadon russelli Fox 1979
Montellano 1992 14 specimens
Alphadon praesagus (Russell 1952)
Montellano 1992 2 specimens
Alphadon halleyi Sahni 1972
Montellano 1992 46 specimens
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
Montellano 1992
"Cimexomys or Mesodma"
Cimexomys judithae Sahni 1972
Montellano 1992 2 specimens
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma informal large sp. Jepsen 1940
Montellano 1992
large
Mesodma informal small sp. Jepsen 1940
Montellano 1992
small
Mesodma primaeva (Lambe 1902)
Montellano 1992 3 specimens
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae
Meniscoessus major (Russell 1936)
Montellano 1992 24 specimens
Cimolomys cf. clarki Sahni 1972
Montellano 1992 1 specimen
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Dromaeosauridae
Dromaeosauridae indet. Colbert and Russell 1969
Database 2005 1 specimen
Saurornitholestes sp. Sues 1978
Database 2005 5 specimens
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Hadrosauridae
Hadrosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Database 2005 2 specimens
Reptilia - Ankylosauridae
Ankylosauridae indet. Brown 1908
Database 2005 1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Adocus sp. Cope 1868
Database 2005 1 specimen
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus occidentalis (Leidy 1856)
Database 2005 1 element
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Montana County:Hill
Coordinates: 48.9° North, 110.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:59.0° North, 66.1° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 7
*Epoch:Senonian
Key time interval: Middle Campanian
Age range of interval: 83.6 - 72.1 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Montana Formation:Judith River Member:McClelland Ferry
Local section:Kenne Local bed:1
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: base of a series of cyclical deposits within the "Foremost" formation; probably McClelland Ferry Mbr. Judithian based on fauna
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,green mudstone
Secondary lithology: coal
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:mire/swamp
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Lagerst�tten type:concentrate
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,mechanical,sieve,field collection
Collection size:104 specimens
Rock censused:1000 kg
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collectors:W. Clemens et al. Collection dates:1980-1981
Taxonomic list comments:underlies "Marker A Coal"SCLF AA dates of 79.5 +/- 0.2 Ma (biotite) and 78.5 +/- 0.2 Ma (sanidine) for ash less than 2 meters below quarry: Goodwin and Deino 1989; biotite date is considered the result of alterationNISP 104
Metadata
Database number:14482
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-05-15 00:00:00 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-15 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
30644.ETE W. A. Clemens and M. B. Goodwin. 1985. Vertebrate paleontology of the Judith River Formation, Montana. National Geographic Society Research Reports (1980-1983) 21:71-78 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
13103 U.C.M.P. Database. 2005. UCMP collections database. University of California Museum of Paleontology [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
2602 M. Montellano. 1992. Mammalian fauna of the Judith River Formation (Late Cretaceous, Judithian), northcentral Montana. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 136:1-115 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]
45805 M. Montellano, R. C. Fox, and C. S. Scott. 2013. Species Composition of the Late Cretaceous Eutherian Mammal Paranyctoides Fox. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
2649 L. A. Nessov, J. D. Archibald, and Z. Kielan-Jaworowska. 1998. Ungulate-like mammals from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan and a phylogenetic analysis of Ungulatomorpha. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 34:40-88 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Benson]