PBDB Collection

Anceney (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Gallatin County, Montana (45.9° N, 111.3° W: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 108.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Madison Valley Formation, Early/Lower Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; tuffaceous, gray, argillaceous sandstone

• "channel-fill of gray volcanic ash" (Lim and Martin 2002) or "channel accumulations of sands, gravel, clays and tuffaceous materials" (Sutton and Korth 1995)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the CM

Collection methods: bulk, sieve

Primary reference: J. F. Sutton and W. W. Korth. 1995. Rodents (Mammalia) from the Barstovian (Miocene) Anceney local fauna, Montana. Annals of Carnegie Museum 64(4):267-314 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18803: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• earlier Madison Valley Fm. lists do not pertain to this locality except that of Dorr 1956

•single screenwashing quarry in a roadcut; formation includes 172 m of section

•originally described in: Sutton, John F. 1977 (Dec.) Mammals of the Anceney local fauna (Late Miocene of Montana. Ph.D. dissertation, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. 257 pp.

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Mammalia
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Ancenycteris rasmusseni Ancenycteris rasmusseni vesper bat a bat
Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae	Merycodus cf. necatus Merycodus cf. necatus Leidy 1854 pronghorn
Artiodactyla - Moschidae	"Blastomeryx cf. elegans" = Blastomeryx gemmifer "Blastomeryx cf. elegans" = Blastomeryx gemmifer Cope 1874 musk deer
Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae	Ticholeptus zygomaticus⁴ Ticholeptus zygomaticus⁴ Cope 1878 oreodont
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Camelidae indet.², Stenomylinae indet. Camelidae indet.² Gray 1821 camel Stenomylinae indet. Matthew 1910 camel
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Scaphohippus sp.⁶, Hypohippus cf. osborni Scaphohippus sp.⁶ Pagnac 2006 horse Hypohippus cf. osborni Gidley 1907 anchitheriine horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	"? Aphelops ceratorhinus" = Peraceras profectum "? Aphelops ceratorhinus" = Peraceras profectum Matthew 1899 rhinoceros
Perissodactyla - Tapiridae	Tapiridae indet. Tapiridae indet. Gray 1821 tapir
Carnivora - Canidae	"Tomarctus temerarius" = Paratomarctus temerarius, "Aelurodon cf. wheelerianus" = Aelurodon ferox "Tomarctus temerarius" = Paratomarctus temerarius Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog not discussed by Wang et al. 1999 "Aelurodon cf. wheelerianus" = Aelurodon ferox Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
Carnivora - Mustelidae	"Hypsoparia bozemanensis n. gen. n. sp." = Leptarctus primus, ? Mionictis sp., Plionictis ogygia, "Martes cf. kinseyi" = Plionictis kinseyi, Martes sp.² "Hypsoparia bozemanensis n. gen. n. sp." = Leptarctus primus Leidy 1856 mustelid carnivore listed as "Leptarctus primus," but this actually includes the type of "Hypsoparia bozemanensis" of Dorr 1956 ? Mionictis sp. Matthew 1924 otter Plionictis ogygia Matthew 1901 mustelid carnivore "Martes cf. kinseyi" = Plionictis kinseyi Gidley 1927 mustelid carnivore Martes sp.² Frisch 1775 marten
Theriamorpha - Talpidae	Domninoides sp. Domninoides sp. Green 1956 mole said to be new
Theriamorpha - Soricidae	Angustidens cf. vireti, Limnoecus sp. Angustidens cf. vireti Wilson 1960 shrew Limnoecus sp. Stirton 1930 shrew said to be new
Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae	"Brachyerix incertis" = Metechinus fergusoni "Brachyerix incertis" = Metechinus fergusoni Henshaw 1942 hedgehog also mentioned by Rich 1981
Rodentia - Heteromyidae	"Cupidinimus cf. eurekensis" = Perognathoides eurekensis, "Cupidinimus madisonensis" = Cupidinimus halli, "Perognathoides madisonensis n. sp." = Cupidinimus halli², Perognathus sp., Perognathus ancenensis n. sp., Mookomys formicarum, Mookomys thrinax n. sp., Peridiomys halis n. sp. "Cupidinimus cf. eurekensis" = Perognathoides eurekensis Lindsay 1972 rodent "Cupidinimus madisonensis" = Cupidinimus halli Wood 1936 rodent "Perognathoides madisonensis n. sp." = Cupidinimus halli² Wood 1936 rodent Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839 pocket mouse Perognathus ancenensis n. sp. Sutton and Korth 1995 pocket mouse Mookomys formicarum Wood 1935 rodent Mookomys thrinax n. sp. Sutton and Korth 1995 rodent Peridiomys halis n. sp. Sutton and Korth 1995 rodent
Rodentia - Geomyidae	"Phelosaccomys cf. annae" = Parapliosaccomys annae "Phelosaccomys cf. annae" = Parapliosaccomys annae Korth 1987 pocket gopher
Rodentia - Castoridae	Monosaulax ? pansus², Euroxenomys inconnexus n. sp. Monosaulax ? pansus² Cope 1874 beaver Euroxenomys inconnexus n. sp. Sutton and Korth 1995 beaver
Rodentia - Sciuridae	"Tamiini indet." = Marmotini¹, ? Cynomys sp., Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) jerae n. sp. "Tamiini indet." = Marmotini¹ squirrel ? Cynomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 prairie dog Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) jerae n. sp. Sutton and Korth 1995 ground squirrel
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Copemys lindsayi n. sp. Copemys lindsayi n. sp. Sutton and Korth 1995 mouse
Rodentia - Mylagaulidae	? Mesogaulus cf. ballensis², Alphagaulus pristinus⁵, "Trilaccogaulus bettae n. sp." = Galbreathia bettae ? Mesogaulus cf. ballensis² Riggs 1899 rodent Alphagaulus pristinus⁵ Douglass 1903 rodent "Trilaccogaulus bettae n. sp." = Galbreathia bettae Sutton and Korth 1995 rodent
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Leporidae indet., Archaeolaginae indet.¹ Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit Archaeolaginae indet.¹ rabbit
Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae	Oreolagus nevadensis Oreolagus nevadensis Kellogg 1910 pika
Amphibia
Salientia - Pelobatidae	Spea neuter³ Spea neuter³ Kluge 1966 spadefoot toad

¹Alroy 2002; ²Dorr 1956; ³Henrici 2009; ⁴Kelly and Lander 1988; ⁵Korth 2000; ⁶Pagnac 2006