†Holoclemensia texana Slaughter 1968

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Holoclemensiidae

Alternative combination: Clemensia texana

Synonym: Comanchea hilli Jacobs et al. 1989

Full reference: B. H. Slaughter. 1968. Earliest known marsupials. Science 162:254-255

Belongs to Holoclemensia according to D. A. Winkler et al. 2011

See also Davis and Cifelli 2011, Jacobs et al. 1989, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Slaughter 1968 and Slaughter 1968

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Holoclemensia texana: SMP-SMU 61997, a tooth (RM2, missing the protoconal region). Its type locality is Butler Farm, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial claystone in the Antlers Formation of Texas.
  • Comanchea hilli: Its type locality is Pecan Valley Estates, which is in an Albian deltaic mudstone/sandstone in the Paluxy Formation of Texas.

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (5: Oklahoma, Texas collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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