Olive Locality: Tiffanian, Montana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Piceoerpeton willwoodense
(Meszoely 1967)
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Ptilodontidae
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Ptilodus sp.
Cope 1881
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Neoplagiaulacidae
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Neoplagiaulacidae indet.
Ameghino 1890
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Mimetodon silberlingi
(Simpson 1935)
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Neoplagiaulax mckennai
Sloan 1987
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Sloan 1987 | |||||||||
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Ectypodus cf. powelli
Jepsen 1940
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Mammalia
- Apatemyidae
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Apatemys bellus
Marsh 1872
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= Apatemyidae indet.
Matthew 1909
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| sensu West, which could be Labidolemur | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Titanoides sp.
Gidley 1917
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Adapisoricidae
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Scenopagus sp.
McKenna and Simpson 1959
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= Adapisoricidae indet.
Schlosser 1887
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| and "cf. Talpavus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
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Litolestes notissimus
Simpson 1936
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= Litocherus notissimus
Simpson 1936
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Macroscelidea
- Apheliscidae
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Haplaletes diminutivus
Dorr 1952
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= Dorraletes diminutivus
Dorr 1952
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Protictis sp.
(Matthew)
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= Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Viverravidae
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Didymictis sp.
Cope 1875
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| said to be new; two forms, "A" and "B" | ||||||||||
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Protictis (Bryanictis) microlestes
(Simpson 1935)
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= Bryanictis cf. microlestes
Simpson 1935
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Protictis cf. haydenianus
(Cope 1882)
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Mammalia
- Procreodi
- Arctocyonidae
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Thryptacodon sp.
Matthew and Granger 1915
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Anacodon cf. ursidens
Cope 1882
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Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Protentomodon ursirivalis
Simpson 1928
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Leptacodon tener
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Nyctitherium sp.
Marsh 1872
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Mammalia
- Pantolestidae
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Propalaeosinopa albertensis
Simpson 1927
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cf. Pagonomus sp.
Russell 1964
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| said to be a genus of pentacodontid from "the early Eocene of France" | ||||||||||
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Palaeosinopa cf. didelphoides
(Cope 1881)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Carpolestidae
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Carpodaptes hobackensis
Dorr 1952
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= Carpolestinae indet.
Russell 1964
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| status unclear in light of Beard and Wang 1995 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Picrodontidae
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Picrodus sp.
Douglass 1908
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Plesiadapidae
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Plesiadapis cf. churchilli
Gingerich 1975
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Nannodectes cf. simpsoni
(Gazin 1956)
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Nannodectes cf. gidleyi
(Matthew 1917)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Purgatoriidae
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cf. Purgatorius sp.
Van Valen and Sloan 1965
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| questionably referred | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Microsyopidae
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Navajovius cf. kohlhaasae
Matthew and Granger 1921
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= Navajovius sp.
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Gunnell 1989 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Paromomyidae
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Ignacius frugivorus
Matthew and Granger 1921
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Phenacolemur pagei
Jepsen 1930
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= Dillerlemur pagei
Jepsen 1930
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Dermoptera
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Elpidophorus sp.
Simpson 1927
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| said to be new | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Peradectes cf. protinnominatus
McKenna 1960
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Powder River |
| Coordinates: | 45.4° North, 105.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.7° North, 84.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Tiffanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 60.90000 - 56.20000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fort Union | Member: | Tongue River |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
| Database number: | 15048 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3717. | D. L. Wolberg. 1979. Late Paleocene (Tiffanian) mammalian fauna of two localities in eastern Montana. Northwest Geology 8:83-93 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 65027 | J. D. Gardner and D. G. DeMar. 2013. Mesozoic and Palaeocene lissamphibian assemblages of North America: a comprehensive review. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 93:459-515 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano] | |
| 1730 | G. F. Gunnell. 1989. Evolutionary History of Microsyopoidea (Mammalia, ?Primates) and the Relationship Between Plesiadapiformes and Primates. University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 27:1-157 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] | |
| 3196 | R. E. Sloan. 1987. Paleocene and latest Cretaceous mammal ages, biozones, magnetozones, rates of sedimentation, and evolution. Geological Society of America Special Paper 209:165-200 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |