Tedrow Quarry D (Paleocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-87072 (in part)

Where: McCone County, Montana (47.8° N, 106.1° W: paleocoordinates 54.0° N, 80.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hell Creek Formation, Puercan (66.0 - 63.3 Ma)

• said to be Puercan

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ), anthill, sieve

• collection methods: 5 specimens surface, 456 screenwash, and 243 anthill including both Cretaceous and Paleocene taxa

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14777: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.04.1997

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Taxonomic list

• abundances based on Lofgren et al. 2005
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Thylacodon cf. pusillus Matthew and Granger 1921 marsupial
 Procreodi - Arctocyonidae
Mimatuta sp. Van Valen 1978 condylarth
Mimatuta morgoth Van Valen 1978 condylarth
Mimatuta minuial Van Valen 1978 condylarth
Baioconodon nordicus Jepsen 1930 condylarth
Oxyprimus erikseni Van Valen 1978 condylarth
Protungulatum donnae Sloan and Van Valen 1965 condylarth
 Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Procerberus formicarum Sloan and Van Valen 1965 eutherian
 Multituberculata -
Cimexomys minor Sloan and Van Valen 1965 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Eucosmodontidae
"Cimexomys gratus" = Stygimys gratus, Stygimys kuszmauli
"Cimexomys gratus" = Stygimys gratus Jepsen 1930 multituberculate
Stygimys kuszmauli Sloan and Van Valen 1965 multituberculate
 Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Mesodma sp. Jepsen 1940 multituberculate