Biscuit Springs (UCMP V-74122): Puercan, Montana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Globauridae
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Contogenys sloani
Estes 1969
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Nydam and Fitzpatrick 2009 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UCMP 130733 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Glyptosaurinae indet.
Marsh 1872
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ElShafie 2024 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Microcosmodontidae
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Microcosmodon harleyi
Weil 1998
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Mammalia
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Peradectes minor n. sp.
Clemens 2006
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Clemens 2006 | |||||||||
| type locality | ||||||||||
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Peradectes cf. pusillus
(Matthew and Granger 1921)
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Clemens 2006 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Thylacodon pusillus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Prodiacodon crustulum n. sp.
Novacek 1977
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Novacek 1977 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cimolestidae
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Cimolestidae indet.
Marsh 1889
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Clemens 2019 | |||||||||
| UCMP 258035, 218982, 258032, 258038, 258031, 258032, 258034, 258036, 258037 | ||||||||||
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Betonnia cf. tsosia
Williamson et al. 2011
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Clemens 2019 | |||||||||
| UCMP 281371, 218911, 218912, 281341, 218920, 218921 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Crustulus fontanus n. gen., n. sp.
Clemens 2017
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Clemens 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UCMP 136524, holotype | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Proamphiuma cretacea
Estes 1969
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
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Lisserpeton bairdi
Estes 1965
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Batrachosauroididae
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Opisthotriton kayi
Auffenberg 1961
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
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Prodesmodon copei
Estes 1964
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Gardner and DeMar 2013 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Montana | County: | Garfield |
| Coordinates: | 47.6° North, 107.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 53.9° North, 81.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Tertiary | *Local age/stage: | Puercan |
| Key time interval: | Puercan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 63.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fort Union | Member: | Tullock |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "cross stratification",yellow siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "buff to yellowish silts and sands deposited in stacked channels. Dramatic cross-cutting..." | |
| Environment: | fine channel fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (float),sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Garbani Quarry | ||
| Database number: | 14666 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion, M. Carrano, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-10-13 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2021-03-05 11:03:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-10-13 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3583. | 5% 2100 | A. Weil. 1998. A new species of Microcosmodon (Mammalia: Multituberculata)from the Paleocene Tullock Formation of Montana, and an argument for the Microcosmodontinae. PaleoBios 18(2/3):1-15 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 19241 | W. A. Clemens. 2006. Early Paleocene (Puercan) peradectid marsupials from northeastern Montana, North American Western Interior. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 277:19-31 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 75717 | W. A. Clemens. 2019. Puercolestes and Betonnia (Cimolestidae, Mammalia) from the early Paleocene (Puercan 3 Interval Zone) of northeastern Montana, U.S.A. PaleoBios 368:1-17 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 61337 | W.A. Clemens. 2017. A pantodont (Mammalia) from the latest Puercan North American Land Mammal Age (earliest Paleocene) of the Western Interior, USA. Historical Biology 1-5 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 87093 | S. J. ElShafie. 2024. Body size estimation from isolated fossil bones reveals deep time evolutionary trends in North American lizards. PLoS ONE 19(1:e0296318):1-25 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 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] | |
| 2662 | M. J. Novacek. 1977. A review of Paleocene and Eocene Leptictidae (Mammalia: Eutheria) from North America. PaleoBios 24:1-42 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 31563 | ETE | R. L. Nydam and B. M. Fitzpatrick. 2009. The occurrence of Contogenys-like lizards in the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary of the Western Interior of the U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(3):677-701 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/P. Mannion] |