†Pappotherium pattersoni Slaughter 1965 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pappotheriidae

Synonym: Slaughteria eruptens Butler 1978

Full reference: B. H. Slaughter. 1965. A therian from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) of Texas. Postilla 93:1-18

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

See also Butler 1978, Davis and Cifelli 2011, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979 and Slaughter 1965

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Pappotherium pattersoni: SMP-SMU 71725, a maxilla (right maxillary fragment preserving the M3 and M4). Its type locality is Butler Farm, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial claystone in the Antlers Formation of Texas.
  • Slaughteria eruptens: SMP-SMU 61192, a mandible (left dentary fragment preserving the p2, p3, dp4 and dp5). 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 (4: Montana, Oklahoma, Texas collections)

Total: 4 collections including 7 occurrences

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