PBDB Collection

Greenwood Canyon (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Also known as SMU Loc. 21

Where: Montague County, Texas (33.5° N, 97.6° W: paleocoordinates 31.4° N, 52.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Antlers Formation (Trinity Group), Late/Upper Aptian to Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 109.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by Slaughter, Langston, et al. in 1949-1973; reposited in the FMNH, TMM

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve,

Primary reference: B. Patterson. 1955. A symmetrodont from the Early Cretaceous of northern Texas. Fieldiana: Zoology 37:689-693 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14388: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000, edited by Matthew Carrano, Richard Butler, Roger Benson and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

• see Patterson 1951 for location details

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Amphibia
Salientia -	Anura indet.⁷ Anura indet.⁷ frog
Caudata - Prosirenidae	Prosiren elinorae⁷ Prosiren elinorae⁷ Goin and Auffenberg 1958 salamander
Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae	Albanerpeton arthridion³ Albanerpeton arthridion³ Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
Reptilia
Ornithischia -	Tenontosaurus sp.⁵, ? Tenontosaurus sp.⁷ Tenontosaurus sp.⁵ Ostrom 1970 ornithopod FMNH PR 962, 964; teeth ? Tenontosaurus sp.⁷ Ostrom 1970 ornithopod "camptosaur"
Theropoda -	Theropoda indet.⁷ Theropoda indet.⁷ theropod
Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae	? Dromaeosauridae indet.⁶ ? Dromaeosauridae indet.⁶ Colbert and Russell 1969 maniraptoran SMUSMP 62271, "deinonychid"
Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae	"? Deinodontidae indet." = Tyrannosauridae⁶ "? Deinodontidae indet." = Tyrannosauridae⁶ Osborn 1906 tyrannosaurid
Saurischia -	Astrodon sp.⁵ Astrodon sp.⁵ Johnston 1859 sauropod
Pterosauria -	? Pterosauria indet.⁸ ? Pterosauria indet.⁸ Kaup 1834 pterosaur "hollow bone fragments"
Loricata - Paralligatoridae	Wannchampsus sp.¹ Wannchampsus sp.¹ Adams 2014 crocodilian "Glen Rose form"
Squamata -	Lacertilia indet.⁷ Lacertilia indet.⁷ lizard
Testudinata - Helochelydridae	Naomichelys sp.⁶ Naomichelys sp.⁶ Hay 1908 turtle SMUSMP 62260
Mammalia
Multituberculata -	Paracimexomys sp.⁴ Paracimexomys sp.⁴ Archibald 1982 multituberculate see Krause et al. 1990
Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae	Spalacotheroides bridwelli n. gen. n. sp. Spalacotheroides bridwelli n. gen. n. sp. Patterson 1955 mammal The holotype and 3 specimens referred by Patterson (1956): FMNH PM 1235 (right molar),PM 1133 (left molar), PM1236 (right ?M6)
Theriamorpha -	Tribosphenida indet.² Tribosphenida indet.² mammal FMNH PM 1075 (L ultimate upper molar) and 948 (Rmx)
Theriamorpha - Kermackiidae	Kermackia texana² Kermackia texana² Slaughter 1971 mammal teeth
Theriamorpha - Holoclemensiidae	Holoclemensia texana² Holoclemensia texana² Slaughter 1968 eutherian teeth
Theriamorpha -	Adinodon pattersoni n. sp.⁴ Adinodon pattersoni n. sp.⁴ Hershkovitz 1995 marsupial of Hershkovitz 1995 placed at "Triconodont Gulley, 2 1/2 miles SW Greenwood Canyon, Forestburg, Montague County"
Deltatheroida - Deltatheridiidae	Oklatheridium sp.², Oklatheridium minax², Oklatheridium szalayi² Oklatheridium sp.² Davis et al. 2008 metatherian Oklatheridium minax² Davis and Cifelli 2011 metatherian teeth Oklatheridium szalayi² Davis et al. 2008 metatherian teeth
Theriamorpha - Pappotheriidae	"Pappotherium pattersoni" = Pappotherium pattersoni⁴, "Slaughteria eruptens" = Pappotherium pattersoni² "Pappotherium pattersoni" = Pappotherium pattersoni⁴ Slaughter 1965 metatherian described by Butler 1978 "Slaughteria eruptens" = Pappotherium pattersoni² Slaughter 1965 metatherian teeth
Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae	Astroconodon denisoni n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Astroconodon denisoni n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Patterson 1951 mammal includes type of Patterson 1951; FMNH PM 542
Actinopteri
Lepisosteiformes -	Lepidotes sp.⁷ Lepidotes sp.⁷ Agassiz 1832 gar
Chondrichthyes
Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae	"Lissodus anitae" = Lonchidion anitae⁷ "Lissodus anitae" = Lonchidion anitae⁷ Thurmond 1971 elasmobranch
Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae	"Hybodus cf. butleri" = Meristodonoides butleri⁷ "Hybodus cf. butleri" = Meristodonoides butleri⁷ Thurmond 1971 elasmobranch

¹Adams 2014; ²Davis and Cifelli 2011; ³Gardner 1999; ⁴Jacobs and Winkler 1998; ⁵Langston 1974; ⁶Thurmond 1974; ⁷Winkler et al. 1990; ⁸Zangerl and Denison 1950