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
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? Cyzicus (Lioestheria) sp.
(Deperet and Mazeran 1912)
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Tasch 1967 | |||||||||
spelled with current rank as Lioestheria | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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Hybodus cf. butleri
Thurmond 1971
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Winkler et al. 1990 | |||||||||
recombined as Meristodonoides butleri | ||||||||||
Hybodus butleri n. sp.
Thurmond 1971
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Thurmond 1971 | 36 specimens | ||||||||
recombined as Meristodonoides butleri | ||||||||||
SMU 62150-62184, 62186, 62187 (plus hundreds of tooth fragments) | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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Lonchidion anitae n. sp.
Thurmond 1971
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Thurmond 1971 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
SMU 62144-62149 | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Eoptolamnidae
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Leptostyrax bicuspidatus
Williston 1900
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Winkler et al. 1990 | |||||||||
synonym of Leptostyrax macrorhiza | ||||||||||
Dipnoi
- Ceratodontidae
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Ceratodus cf. americanus
Knight 1898
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Thurmond 1974 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
SMUSMP 62242 | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Winkler et al. 1990 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Prosirenidae
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Prosiren elinorae n. gen., n. sp.
Goin and Auffenberg 1958
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Goin and Auffenberg 1958 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Albanerpetontidae
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Albanerpeton arthridion
Fox and Naylor 1982
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Gardner 1999 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Multituberculata indet.
Cope 1884
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Slaughter 1971 | |||||||||
= Paracimexomys sp.
Archibald 1982
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Krause et al. 1990 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Kermackiidae
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Kermackia texana n. gen., n. sp.
Slaughter 1971
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Slaughter 1971 | |||||||||
Trinititherium slaughteri n. sp.
Butler 1978
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Butler 1978 | |||||||||
synonym of Kermackia texana | ||||||||||
SMP-SMU 61728 (holotype left dentary fragment of T. slaughteri) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Holoclemensiidae
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Holoclemensia sp.
Slaughter 1968
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Davis and Cifelli 2011 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
tooth, Lmx (SMP-SMU 61726) | ||||||||||
Clemensia texana n. gen., n. sp.
Slaughter 1968
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Slaughter 1968 | |||||||||
recombined as Holoclemensia texana | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Pappotheriidae
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Pappotherium pattersoni n. gen., n. sp.
Slaughter 1965
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Slaughteria eruptens n. sp.
Butler 1978
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Butler 1978 | |||||||||
synonym of Pappotherium pattersoni | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Groeberida
- Nototheriidae
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Triconodonta indet.
Osborn 1888
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Slaughter 1971 | |||||||||
= Astroconodon denisoni
Patterson 1951
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Jacobs and Winkler 1998 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Naomichelys sp.
Hay 1908
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Thurmond 1974 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
SMUSMP 62263 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Pleurosternidae
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? Glyptops sp.
Marsh 1890
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Thurmond 1974 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
SMUSMP 62267 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Winkler et al. 1990 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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cf. Bernissartia sp.
Dollo 1883
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Winkler et al. 1990 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Hypsilophodontidae
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Hypsilophodontidae indet.
Dollo 1882
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Thurmond 1974 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
SMUSMP 62558, 62559 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Camptosauridae indet.
Marsh 1885
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Thurmond 1974 | |||||||||
= ? Tenontosaurus sp.
Ostrom 1970
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Winkler et al. 1990 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Winkler et al. 1990 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Tyrannosauridae
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? Deinodontidae indet.
(Brown 1914)
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Thurmond 1974 | |||||||||
synonym of Tyrannosauridae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Sauropoda indet.
Marsh 1878
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Thurmond 1974 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Nonaphalagodus trinitiensis
Thurmond 1974
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Thurmond 1974 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
SMUSMP 62136, isolated tooth | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
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Lepidotes sp.
Agassiz 1832
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Thurmond 1974 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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? Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Thurmond 1974 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
SMUSMP 60958 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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Amiidae indet.
Huxley 1861
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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
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] | |
26201 | ETE | 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] | |
13937 | ETE | 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] | |
3188 | 5% 38980 | 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 [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] | |
34100 | ETE | 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] |