†Kermackia texana Slaughter 1971 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Kermackiidae

Synonym: Trinititherium slaughteri Butler 1978

Full reference: B. H. Slaughter. 1971. Mid-Cretaceous (Albian) therians of the Butler Farm local fauna, Texas. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50, Supplement 1:131-142

Belongs to Kermackia according to B. M. Davis and R. L. Cifelli 2011

See also Butler 1978, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979 and Slaughter 1971

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Kermackia texana: SMP-SMU 62398, a tooth (Rmx). Its type locality is Butler Farm, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial claystone in the Antlers Formation of Texas.
  • Trinititherium slaughteri: SMP-SMU 61728, a mandible (left dentary fragment preserving m3). Its type locality is Butler Farm, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial claystone in the Antlers Formation of Texas.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (3: Oklahoma, Texas collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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