Ruby River Basin No.5: Miocene, Montana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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? Hemicyon ursinus
(Cope 1875)
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= Plithocyon ursinus
Cope 1875
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Merychippus sejunctus
(Cope 1874)
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= Protohippus sejunctus
Cope 1874
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| recombined as Merychippus sejunctus | ||||||||||
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Merychippus paniensis
(Cope 1874)
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= Hipparionini indet.
Quinn 1955
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| further comparisons are to "M." seversus and "M." californicus, and no diagnostic features seem to be present | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Moropus sp.
Marsh 1877
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= Tylocephalonyx sp.
Coombs 1979
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Coombs 1979 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras fossiger
(Cope 1878)
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= Teleoceras sp.
Hatcher 1894
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Madison |
| Coordinates: | 45.2° North, 112.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 45.9° North, 109.0° 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: | "Madison Valley Equivalent" | ||
| Local section: | RubyR | Local bed: | 1 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
| Database number: | 19038 | ||
| 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:
| 1378. | J. A. Dorr, Jr. and W. H. Wheeler. 1964. Cenozoic Paleontology, Stratigraphy, and Reconnaissance Geology of the Upper Ruby River Basin, Southwestern Montana. Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 13(12):297-339 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 1275 | M. C. Coombs. 1979. Tylocephalonyx, a new genus of North American dome-skulled chalicotheres (Mammalia, Perissodactyla). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 164(1):1-64 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |