Melville Formation
29 distinct taxa, from 36 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 61–58 Mya.
Montana · US
29 taxa · 36 fossils · 61–58 MyaMembers recorded: lower.
Macrostrat places this rock in the Fort Union Group, and dates it 66–56 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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3 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Aphronorus orieli
- Ectocion
- Elphidotarsius russelli
- Goniacodon levisanus
- Nannodectes
- Paleotomus senior
- Titanoides
- Arctocyon corrugatus
- Axestemys montinsana
- Bessoecetor septentrionalis
- Carpodaptes hazelae
- Chriacus pelvidens
- Dissacus
- Ectypodus powelli
- Elpidophorus elegans
- Gingerichia
- Gingerichia geoteretes
- Ignacius frugivorus
- Leptacodon tener
- Litocherus notissimus
- Mesodma pygmaea
- Neoplagiaulax
- Neoplagiaulax hunteri
- Pararyctes pattersoni
- Plesiadapis anceps
- Protictis
- Ptilodus
- Thryptacodon australis
- Unuchinia asaphes
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.