Owl Gully: Miocene, Montana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Peridiomys sp.
Matthew 1924
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= Mioheteromyinae indet.
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Copemys sp.
Wood 1936
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Zapodidae
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Schaubeumys sp.
Wood 1935
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= Zapodidae indet.
Coues 1875
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| could be Plesiosminthus clivosus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Mojavemys sp.
Lindsay 1972
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Lignimus sp.
Storer 1970
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| probably OK | ||||||||||
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Perognathus sp.
Maximillian 1839
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= Perognathinae indet.
Coues 1875
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Cupidinimus sp.
Wood 1935
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| possibly two species: Carrasco 1998 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Pseudotheridomys sp.
Schlosser 1926
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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Tardontia sp.
Shotwell 1958
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Tamias sp.
Illinger 1811
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= Tamiini indet.
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| synonym of Marmotini | ||||||||||
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Spermophilus sp.
Cuvier 1825
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Petauristodon sp.
Engesser 1979
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Oreolagus sp.
Dice 1917
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Mammalia
- Moschidae
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Blastomeryx sp.
Cope 1877
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= Blastomerycinae indet.
Frick 1937
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Park |
| Coordinates: | 45.8° North, 110.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.4° North, 107.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Hepburn's Mesa | Member: | Unit 23 |
| Local section: | HepbM | Local bed: | 4 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:single locality from top of section |
Metadata
| Database number: | 19000 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1152. | D. W. Burbank and A. D. Barnosky. 1990. The magnetochronology of Barstovian mammals in southwestern Montana and implications for the initiation of Neogene crustal extension in the northern Rocky Mountains. Geological Society America Bulletin 102 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |