Butler Farm: Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian, Texas
collected by B. H. Slaughter

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Branchiopoda - Lioestheriidae
? Cyzicus (Lioestheria) sp. (Deperet and Mazeran 1912)
Tasch 1967
spelled with current rank as Lioestheria
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus cf. butleri Thurmond 1971
Winkler et al. 1990
recombined as Meristodonoides butleri
Hybodus butleri n. sp. Thurmond 1971
Thurmond 1971 36 specimens
recombined as Meristodonoides butleri
SMU 62150-62184, 62186, 62187 (plus hundreds of tooth fragments)
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
Lonchidion anitae n. sp. Thurmond 1971
Thurmond 1971 6 specimens
SMU 62144-62149
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Eoptolamnidae
Leptostyrax bicuspidatus Williston 1900
Winkler et al. 1990
synonym of Leptostyrax macrorhiza
Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodus cf. americanus Knight 1898
Thurmond 1974 2 specimens
SMUSMP 62242
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Winkler et al. 1990
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Prosirenidae
Prosiren elinorae n. gen., n. sp. Goin and Auffenberg 1958
Goin and Auffenberg 1958
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton arthridion Fox and Naylor 1982
Gardner 1999
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
Slaughter 1971
    = Paracimexomys sp. Archibald 1982
Krause et al. 1990
Mammalia - Kermackiidae
Kermackia texana n. gen., n. sp. Slaughter 1971
Slaughter 1971
Trinititherium slaughteri n. sp. Butler 1978
Butler 1978
synonym of Kermackia texana
SMP-SMU 61728 (holotype left dentary fragment of T. slaughteri)
Mammalia - Holoclemensiidae
Holoclemensia sp. Slaughter 1968
Davis and Cifelli 2011 1 specimen
tooth, Lmx (SMP-SMU 61726)
Clemensia texana n. gen., n. sp. Slaughter 1968
Slaughter 1968
recombined as Holoclemensia texana
Mammalia - Pappotheriidae
Pappotherium pattersoni n. gen., n. sp. Slaughter 1965
Slaughteria eruptens n. sp. Butler 1978
Butler 1978
synonym of Pappotherium pattersoni
Mammalia - Groeberida - Nototheriidae
Triconodonta indet. Osborn 1888
Slaughter 1971
    = Astroconodon denisoni Patterson 1951
Jacobs and Winkler 1998
Reptilia
Naomichelys sp. Hay 1908
Thurmond 1974 1 specimen
SMUSMP 62263
Reptilia - Pleurosternidae
? Glyptops sp. Marsh 1890
Thurmond 1974 1 specimen
SMUSMP 62267
Reptilia - Lacertilia
Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842
Winkler et al. 1990
Reptilia
cf. Bernissartia sp. Dollo 1883
Winkler et al. 1990
Reptilia - Hypsilophodontidae
Hypsilophodontidae indet. Dollo 1882
Thurmond 1974 2 specimens
SMUSMP 62558, 62559
Reptilia
Camptosauridae indet. Marsh 1885
Thurmond 1974
    = ? Tenontosaurus sp. Ostrom 1970
Winkler et al. 1990
Reptilia - Theropoda
Theropoda indet. Marsh 1881
Winkler et al. 1990
Reptilia - Tyrannosauridae
? Deinodontidae indet. (Brown 1914)
Thurmond 1974
synonym of Tyrannosauridae
Reptilia
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878
Thurmond 1974
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Nonaphalagodus trinitiensis Thurmond 1974
Thurmond 1974 1 specimen
SMUSMP 62136, isolated tooth
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotes sp. Agassiz 1832
Thurmond 1974
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
? Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Thurmond 1974 1 specimen
SMUSMP 60958
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Amiidae indet. Huxley 1861
Thurmond 1974 1 specimen
SMUSMP 62270
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Wise
Coordinates: 33.3° North, 97.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.2° North, 52.6° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
*Period:Early/Lower Cretaceous *Epoch:Gallic
*Local age/stage:Albian
Key time interval:Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian
Age range of interval:122.46000 - 109.00000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Trinity Formation:Antlers Member:Middle
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: originally said to be from the Paluxy Formation: stratigraphic usage discussed by Winkler et al. 1990
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy claystone
Lithology description: "sandy clay matrix" (Tasch 1967)
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:B. H. Slaughter
Collection method comments: SMU collection
Metadata
Also known as:SMU Loc. 20
Database number:14375
Authorizer:J. Alroy, R. Benson, M. Carrano Enterer:J. Alroy, R. Benson, M. Carrano
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:1998-09-21 00:00:00 Last modified:2022-02-28 07:48:30
Access level:the public Released:1998-09-21 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3184. B. H. Slaughter. 1965. A therian from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) of Texas. Postilla 93:1-18 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

1162 P. M. Butler. 1978. A New Interpretation of the Mammalian Teeth of Tribosphenic Pattern from the Albian of Texas. Breviora 446:1-27 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
38296 B. M. Davis and R. L. Cifelli. 2011. Reappraisal of the tribosphenidan mammals from the Trinity Group (Aptian-Albian) of Texas and Oklahoma. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(3):441-462 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
26201ETE J. D. Gardner. 1999. The amphibian Albanerpeton arthridion and the Aptian-Albian biogeography of albanerpetonids. Palaeontology 42(3):529-544 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/J. Alroy]
42824 C. J. Goin and W. Auffenberg. 1958. New salamanders of the family Sirenidae from the Cretaceous of North America. Fieldiana: Geology 10(33):449-459 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
2008 L. L. Jacobs and D. A. Winkler. 1998. Mammals, archosaurs, and the Early to Late Cretaceous terrestrial transition in north-central Texas. In Y. Tomida, L. J. Flynn, & L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Advances in Vertebrate Paleontology and Geochronology. National Science Museum Monographs 14:253-280 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]
2167 D. W. Krause, Z. Kielan-Jaworowska, and W. D. Turnbull. 1990. Early Cretaceous Multituberculata (Mammalia) from the Antlers Formation, Trinity Group, of North-Central Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3):31A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
13937ETE W. Langston. 1974. Nonmammalian Comanchean tetrapods. In B. F. Perkins (ed.), Aspects of Trinity Division Geology. A Symposium on the Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Environments, and Fauna of the Comanche Cretaceous Trinity Division (Aptian and Albian) of Texas and Northern Mexico. Geoscience and Man 8:77-102 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
7037 B. H. Slaughter. 1968. Holoclemensia instead of Clemensia. Science 162:1306 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
3186 B. H. Slaughter. 1968. Earliest known marsupials. Science 162:254-255 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
31885% 38980B. 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 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Head]
35509 P. Tasch. 1967. Conchostracans from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Paluxy Formation, Texas. 41(1):256-259 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
34100ETE J. T. Thurmond. 1971. Cartilaginous fishes of the Trinity Group and related rocks (Lower Cretaceous) of north central Texas. Southeastern Geology 13:207-227 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Oreska]
56060 J. T. Thurmond. 1974. Lower vertebrate faunas of the Trinity Division on north-central Texas. In B. F. Perkins (ed.), Aspects of Trinity Division Geology. A Symposium on the Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Environments, and Fauna of the Comanche Cretaceous Trinity Division (Aptian and Albian) of Texas and Northern Mexico. Geoscience and Man 8:103-129 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
7600 D. A. Winkler, P. A. Murry, and L. L. Jacobs. 1990. Early Cretaceous (Comanchean) vertebrates of central Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(1):95-116 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]