Anceney: Early/Lower Barstovian, Montana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Peridiomys sp. Matthew 1924
    = Mioheteromyinae indet.
Alroy 2002
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
Spea neuter (Kluge 1966)
Henrici 2009
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Ancenycteris rasmusseni
a bat
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Brachyerix incertis (Matthew 1924)
synonym of Metechinus fergusoni
also mentioned by Rich 1981
Mammalia - Soricidae
Angustidens cf. vireti (Wilson 1960)
Limnoecus sp. Stirton 1930
said to be new
Mammalia - Talpidae
Domninoides sp. Green 1956
said to be new
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Martes sp. Frisch 1775
Dorr 1956
Plionictis ogygia (Matthew 1901)
Martes cf. kinseyi Gidley 1927
recombined as Plionictis kinseyi
Hypsoparia bozemanensis n. gen., n. sp. Dorr 1954
synonym of Leptarctus primus
listed as "Leptarctus primus," but this actually includes the type of "Hypsoparia bozemanensis" of Dorr 1956
? Mionictis sp. Matthew 1924
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Tomarctus temerarius (Leidy 1858)
recombined as Paratomarctus temerarius
not discussed by Wang et al. 1999
Aelurodon cf. wheelerianus (Cope 1877)
synonym of Aelurodon ferox
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae
Ticholeptus sp. Cope 1878
    = Ticholeptus zygomaticus Cope 1878
Kelly and Lander 1988
this i.d. appears to be left over from Sutton's 1972 thesis
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Dorr 1956
Stenomylinae indet. Matthew 1910
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Merycodus cf. necatus Leidy 1854
Mammalia - Moschidae
Blastomeryx cf. elegans Matthew and Cook 1909
synonym of Blastomeryx gemmifer
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
? Aphelops ceratorhinus Douglass 1903
synonym of Peraceras profectum
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapiridae indet. (Gray 1821)
original and current combination Taperidae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hypohippus cf. osborni Gidley 1907
Merychippus intermontanus Merriam 1915
(3 measurements)
    = Scaphohippus sp. Pagnac 2006
Pagnac 2006
possibly S. sumani, definitely not S. intermontanus
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Oreolagus nevadensis (Kellogg 1910)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917
    = Archaeolaginae indet.
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Copemys lindsayi n. sp. Sutton and Korth 1995
(4 measurements)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
? Mesogaulus cf. ballensis Riggs 1899
Dorr 1956
Trilaccogaulus bettae n. sp. Sutton and Korth 1995
recombined as Galbreathia bettae
(5 measurements)
Mylagaulus vetus Matthew 1924
    = Alphagaulus pristinus Douglass 1903
Korth 2000
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Cupidinimus cf. eurekensis (Lindsay 1972)
original and current combination Perognathoides eurekensis
Cupidinimus madisonensis (Dorr 1956)
synonym of Cupidinimus halli
(5 measurements)
Perognathoides madisonensis n. sp. Dorr 1956
Dorr 1956
synonym of Cupidinimus halli
Peridiomys halis n. sp. Sutton and Korth 1995
(5 measurements)
Mookomys formicarum Wood 1935
Mookomys thrinax n. sp. Sutton and Korth 1995
(5 measurements)
Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839
Perognathus ancenensis n. sp. Sutton and Korth 1995
(4 measurements)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Phelosaccomys cf. annae (Korth 1987)
original and current combination Parapliosaccomys annae
(4 measurements)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Monosaulax ? pansus (Cope 1874)
Dorr 1956
Euroxenomys inconnexus n. sp. Sutton and Korth 1995
(4 measurements)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) jerae n. sp. Sutton and Korth 1995
(5 measurements)
? Cynomys sp. Rafinesque 1817
Tamias ateles (Hall 1930)
    = Tamiini indet.
Alroy 2002
synonym of Marmotini
more primitive than Recent Tamias
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Montana County:Gallatin
Coordinates: 45.9° North, 111.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.6° North, 108.1° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Early/Lower Barstovian
Age range of interval:16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Madison Valley
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:tuffaceous,gray argillaceous sandstone
Lithology description: "channel-fill of gray volcanic ash" (Lim and Martin 2002) or "channel accumulations of sands, gravel, clays and tuffaceous materials" (Sutton and Korth 1995)
Environment:"channel"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:CM
Taxonomic list comments: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.
Metadata
Database number:18803
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2022-01-01 13:00:08
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
3342. 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]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1373 J. A. Dorr, Jr. 1956. Anceney Local Mammal Fauna, Latest Miocene, Madison Valley Formation, Montana. Journal of Paleontology 30(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
43427 A. C. Henrici. 2009. Reassessment of Scaphiopus neuter Kluge, 1966 (Anura: Pelobatoidea: Pelobatidae), based on new material from Anceney, Montana (early Barstovian). Annals of Carnegie Museum 78(3):273-287 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
2070 T. S. Kelly and E. B. Lander. 1988. Biostratigraphy and Correlation of Hemingfordian and Barstovian Land Mammal Assemblages, Caliente Formation, Cuyama Valley Area, California. In W. J. M. Bazeley (ed.), Tertiary Tectonics and Sedimentation in the Cuyama Basin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties, California 1-19 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
2143 W. W. Korth. 2000. Review of Miocene (Hemingfordian to Clarendonian) mylagaulid rodents (Mammalia) from Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 69(4):227-280 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
31462 D. Pagnac. 2006. Scaphohippus, a new genus of horse (Mammalia: Equidae) from the Barstow Formation of California. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 13(1):37-61 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]