McLeod Prison (OMNH V706), Tomato Hill (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Also known as Howard McLeod Correctional Center; HMCC; McLeod 2

Where: Atoka County, Oklahoma (34.2° N, 95.8° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 50.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: middle Member (Antlers Formation), Late/Upper Aptian to Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 109.0 Ma)

• said to be late Aptian to early Albian

•microvertebrates (V706) are from "1-1.5 m below the dinosaur-bearing horizon" (Nydam and Cifelli 2002b)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; concretionary, gray, green, red claystone and poorly lithified, lenticular, brown, yellow sandstone

• "overbank deposit associated with a meandering fluvial system" (Nydam and Cifelli 2002b)
• "red and gray/green claystone with intermittent lenses of poorly consolidated sandstones and numerous carbonate concretions" (Nydam and Cifelli 2002b)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by J. Wilson in 1993

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, mechanical, sieve,

Primary reference: R. L. Cifelli. 1997. First notice on Mesozoic mammals from Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geology Notes 57(1):4-17 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14392: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998, edited by Matthew Carrano, Roger Benson and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• see also Nydam et al. 1997
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Gnathostomata
  -
Osteichthyes indet.2
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Pappotheriidae
"Pappotherium pattersoni" = Pappotherium pattersoni3, "Slaughteria eruptens" = Pappotherium pattersoni3
"Pappotherium pattersoni" = Pappotherium pattersoni3 Slaughter 1965 metatherian
teeth
"Slaughteria eruptens" = Pappotherium pattersoni3 Slaughter 1965 metatherian
teeth
 Deltatheroida - Deltatheridiidae
Oklatheridium sp.3, Oklatheridium szalayi n. gen. n. sp.4, Oklatheridium minax n. sp.3, Atokatheridium boreni n. gen. n. sp.6
Oklatheridium sp.3 Davis et al. 2008 metatherian
teeth
Oklatheridium szalayi n. gen. n. sp.4 Davis et al. 2008 metatherian
OMNH 62410, a LM2 (holotype); OMNH 62411, LM1; OMNH 61180, LM2; OMNH 63727, RM3; OMNH 33945, Lm1; OMNH 61643, Rm2 or 3; OMNH 33940, Rm2 or 3; OMNH 63728, Rm2 or 3; OMNH 63730, Lm2 or 3
Oklatheridium minax n. sp.3 Davis and Cifelli 2011 metatherian
teeth, including the holotype LM2 (OMNH 33455)
Atokatheridium boreni n. gen. n. sp.6 Kielan-Jaworowska and Cifelli 2001 metatherian
12 teeth, including the holotype RM2 (OMNH 61623), M1 (OMNH 61151), M2 (OMNH 61623), M3 (OMNH 63725), 3xm1 (OMNH 63724m 63889, 63890), 5xmx (OMNH 34905, 61181, 61624, 63891, 63892)
 Theriamorpha - Holoclemensiidae
Holoclemensia texana3
Holoclemensia texana3 Slaughter 1968 eutherian
teeth
 Theriamorpha - Kermackiidae
Kermackia texana3
Kermackia texana3 Slaughter 1971 mammal
teeth
 Allotheria -
Multituberculata indet.2
Multituberculata indet.2 Cope 1884 multituberculate
two forms
 Multituberculata -
? Paracimexomys crossi n. sp.
? Paracimexomys crossi n. sp. Cifelli 1997 multituberculate
 Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae
Astroconodon cf. denisoni2
Astroconodon cf. denisoni2 Patterson 1951 mammal
Reptilia
 Squamata - Paramacellodidae
cf. Paramacellodidae indet.7, Atokasaurus metarsiodon n. gen. n. sp.7
cf. Paramacellodidae indet.7 Estes 1983 squamates
OMNH 34206, 32585, 60595, 32613, 60766
Atokasaurus metarsiodon n. gen. n. sp.7 Nydam and Cifelli 2002 squamates
scincomorph lizard; OMNH 60535
 Squamata -
? Scincomorpha indet.7, Lacertilia indet.7
? Scincomorpha indet.7 squamates
several forms
Lacertilia indet.7 lizard
OMNH 60802, 61132
 Squamata - Teiidae
Teiidae indet.2, Ptilotodon wilsoni n. gen. n. sp.7
Teiidae indet.2 Gray 1827 squamates
not the same as Ptilotodon; OMNH 61206
Ptilotodon wilsoni n. gen. n. sp.7 Nydam and Cifelli 2002 squamates
OMNH 60764
 Squamata -
? Anguimorpha indet.7
? Anguimorpha indet.7 squamates
OMNH 60541
 Testudinata - Pleurosternidae
Glyptops sp.1
Glyptops sp.1 Marsh 1890 turtle
 Testudines -
Testudines indet.2
Testudines indet.2 Batsch 1788 turtle
 Testudinata - Helochelydridae
Naomichelys sp.2
Naomichelys sp.2 Hay 1908 turtle
 Loricata -
Mesoeucrocodylia indet.8, Bernissartia sp.2
Mesoeucrocodylia indet.8 Whetstone and Whybrow 1983 crocodilian
Bernissartia sp.2 Dollo 1883 crocodilian
 Loricata - Pholidosauridae
? Pholidosauridae indet.2
 Loricata - Goniopholididae
"? Goniopholidae indet." = Goniopholididae2
"? Goniopholidae indet." = Goniopholididae2 Cope 1875 crocodilian
 Ornithischia -
Ornithischia indet.5, Tenontosaurus sp.2
Ornithischia indet.5 Seeley 1888 ornithischian
OMNH 34881
Tenontosaurus sp.2 Ostrom 1970 ornithopod
OMNH 16563, 53781, 51091, 50269
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.2
Theropoda indet.2 theropod
six additional forms
 Theropoda - Carcharodontosauridae
Acrocanthosaurus sp.1
Acrocanthosaurus sp.1 Stovall and Langston 1950 allosauroid
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
cf. Deinonychus sp.2, Deinonychus antirrhopus2
cf. Deinonychus sp.2 Ostrom 1969 maniraptoran
five additional forms
Deinonychus antirrhopus2 Ostrom 1969 maniraptoran
OMNH 50268
Aves
  -
? Aves indet.2
? Aves indet.2 Linnaeus 1758 bird
Reptilia
 Saurischia -
Astrodon sp.2
Astrodon sp.2 Johnston 1859 sauropod
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton arthridion2
Albanerpeton arthridion2 Fox and Naylor 1982 tetrapod
 Salientia -
Anura indet.2
Anura indet.2 frog
two forms
 Caudata -
? Caudata indet.2
? Caudata indet.2 salamander
Actinopteri
 Amiiformes - Amiidae
? Amiidae indet.2
? Amiidae indet.2 Huxley 1861 bowfin
 Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
? Semionotidae indet.2
? Semionotidae indet.2 Woodward 1890
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
? Lepisosteidae indet.2
? Lepisosteidae indet.2 Cuvier 1825 gar
 Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
? Palaeobalistum sp.2
? Palaeobalistum sp.2 Blainville 1818
 Pycnodontiformes -
Gyronchus dumblei2
Chondrichthyes
 Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
"Hybodus butleri" = Meristodonoides butleri2, ? Hybodus sp.2
"Hybodus butleri" = Meristodonoides butleri2 Thurmond 1971 elasmobranch
? Hybodus sp.2 Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Lonchidiidae
"Lissodus anitae" = Lonchidion anitae2
"Lissodus anitae" = Lonchidion anitae2 Thurmond 1971 elasmobranch
1Brinkman et al. 1998; 2Cifelli et al. 1997; 3Davis and Cifelli 2011; 4Davis et al. 2008; 5Frederickson et al. 2015; 6Kielan-Jaworowska and Cifelli 2001; 7Nydam and Cifelli 2002; 8Tennant et al. 2016