McLeod Prison (OMNH V706), Tomato Hill: Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian, Oklahoma
collected by J. Wilson 1993
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Lonchidiidae
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Lissodus anitae
(Thurmond 1971)
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
original and current combination Lonchidion anitae | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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? Hybodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
Hybodus butleri
Thurmond 1971
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
recombined as Meristodonoides butleri | ||||||||||
Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes indet.
Huxley 1880
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Amiiformes
- Amiidae
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? Amiidae indet.
Huxley 1861
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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? Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Semionotiformes
- Semionotidae
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? Semionotidae indet.
Woodward 1890
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
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Gyronchus dumblei
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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? Palaeobalistum sp.
Blainville 1818
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Albanerpetontidae
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Albanerpeton arthridion
Fox and Naylor 1982
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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? Caudata indet.
Scopoli 1777
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
two forms | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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? Anguimorpha indet.
Fürbringer 1900
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Nydam and Cifelli 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
OMNH 60541 | ||||||||||
? Scincidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
several forms | ||||||||||
= ? Scincomorpha indet.
Camp 1923
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Nydam and Cifelli 2002 | |||||||||
OMNH 60537-38, 60763, 60765 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Nydam and Cifelli 2002 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
OMNH 60802, 61132 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Teiidae
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Teiidae indet.
Gray 1827
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
not the same as Ptilotodon; OMNH 61206 | ||||||||||
Ptilotodon wilsoni n. gen., n. sp.
Nydam and Cifelli 2002
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Nydam and Cifelli 2002 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
OMNH 60764 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Paramacellodidae
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cf. Paramacellodidae indet.
Estes 1983
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Nydam and Cifelli 2002 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
OMNH 34206, 32585, 60595, 32613, 60766 | ||||||||||
? Paramacellodidae indet.
Estes 1983
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
scincomorph lizard; OMNH 60535 | ||||||||||
= Atokasaurus metarsiodon n. gen., n. sp.
Nydam and Cifelli 2002
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Nydam and Cifelli 2002 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Theropoda indet.
Marsh 1881
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
six additional forms | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Carcharodontosauridae
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Acrocanthosaurus atokensis
Stovall and Langston 1950
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
= Acrocanthosaurus sp.
Stovall and Langston 1950
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Dromaeosauridae
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cf. Deinonychus sp.
Ostrom 1969
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
five additional forms | ||||||||||
Deinonychus antirrhopus
Ostrom 1969
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | 1 individual | ||||||||
OMNH 50268 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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? Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
Astrodon sp.
Johnston 1859
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Macronaria | ||||||||||
Ornithischia indet.
(Seeley 1888)
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Frederickson et al. 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
OMNH 34881 | ||||||||||
Tenontosaurus sp.
Ostrom 1970
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | 18 individuals | ||||||||
OMNH 16563, 53781, 51091, 50269 | ||||||||||
? Atoposauridae indet.
(Gervais 1871)
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
= Mesoeucrocodylia indet.
Whetstone and Whybrow 1983
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Tennant et al. 2016 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Pholidosauridae
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? Pholidosauridae indet.
von Zittel and Eastman 1902
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Goniopholididae
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? Goniopholidae indet.
(Cope 1875)
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
original and current combination Goniopholididae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Bernissartia sp.
Dollo 1883
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Pleurosternidae
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Glyptops sp.
Marsh 1890
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Brinkman et al. 1998 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Naomichelys sp.
Hay 1908
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Eutriconodonta
- Triconodontidae
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Astroconodon cf. denisoni
Patterson 1951
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Holoclemensiidae
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Holoclemensia texana
(Slaughter 1968)
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Davis and Cifelli 2011 | |||||||||
teeth | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Deltatheroida
- Deltatheridiidae
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Oklatheridium sp.
Davis et al. 2008
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Davis and Cifelli 2011 | |||||||||
teeth | ||||||||||
Oklatheridium minax n. sp.
Davis and Cifelli 2011
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Davis and Cifelli 2011 | |||||||||
teeth, including the holotype LM2 (OMNH 33455) | ||||||||||
Oklatheridium szalayi n. gen., n. sp.
Davis et al. 2008
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Davis et al. 2008 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Atokatheridium boreni n. gen., n. sp.
Kielan-Jaworowska and Cifelli 2001
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Kielan-Jaworowska and Cifelli 2001 | 12 specimens | ||||||||
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) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Pappotheriidae
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Pappotherium pattersoni
Slaughter 1965
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Davis and Cifelli 2011 | |||||||||
teeth | ||||||||||
Slaughteria eruptens
Butler 1978
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Davis and Cifelli 2011 | |||||||||
synonym of Pappotherium pattersoni | ||||||||||
teeth | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Kermackiidae
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Kermackia texana
Slaughter 1971
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Davis and Cifelli 2011 | |||||||||
teeth | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
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Multituberculata indet.
Cope 1884
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Cifelli et al. 1997 | |||||||||
two forms | ||||||||||
? Paracimexomys crossi n. sp.
Cifelli 1997
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Oklahoma | County: | Atoka |
Coordinates: | 34.2° North, 95.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 31.6° North, 50.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
*Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||
*International age/stage: | Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | ||
Age range of interval: | 119.50000 - 109.90000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | concretionary,gray,green,red claystone |
Secondary lithology: | lenticular,brown,yellow poorly lithified sandstone |
Lithology description: "red and gray/green claystone with intermittent lenses of poorly consolidated sandstones and numerous carbonate concretions" (Nydam and Cifelli 2002b) | |
Environment: | "floodplain" |
Geology comments: "overbank deposit associated with a meandering fluvial system" (Nydam and Cifelli 2002b) |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | concentrated |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Bioerosion: | occasional |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying,mechanical,sieve,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | J. Wilson | Collection dates: | 1993 |
Taxonomic list comments:see also Nydam et al. 1997 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Howard McLeod Correctional Center; HMCC; McLeod 2 | ||
Database number: | 14392 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion, M. Carrano, R. Benson | Enterer: | J. Alroy, R. Benson, M. Carrano, P. Mannion |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-04-20 09:39:05 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1212. | R. L. Cifelli. 1997. First notice on Mesozoic mammals from Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geology Notes 57(1):4-17 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
12427 | ETE | D. B. Brinkman, R. L. Cifelli, and N. J. Czaplewski. 1998. First occurrence of Deinonychus antirrhopus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Antlers Formation (Lower Cretaceous: Aptian-Albian) of Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin 146:1-27 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
1219 | ETE | R. L. Cifelli, J. D. Gardner, R. L. Nydam and D. L. Brinkman. 1997. Additions to the vertebrate fauna of the Antlers Formation (Lower Cretaceous), southeastern Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geology Notes 57(4):124-131 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
78851 | K. L. Davies. 2002. The McLeod sites (a supplement to Field Trip 2). In J. G. Pittman, G. L. Bell, R. L. Cifelli, & W. Langston (eds.), Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 62nd Annual Meeting. Field Trip Guidebook. Field Trip 2. Cretaceous of Southeast Oklahoma, Southwest Arkansas and Northeast Texas. Oklahoma Geological Survey Open-File Report 10-2002:1-7 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
39673 | B. M. Davis, R. L. Cifelli, and Z. Kielan-Jaworowska. 2008. 1. Earliest Evidence of Deltatheroida (Mammalia: Metatheria) from the Early Cretaceous of North America. Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology: A Tribute to Frederick S. Szalay 3-24 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
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] | |
75889 | J. A. Frederickson, J. E. Cohen, and R. L. Cifelli. 2015. A second ornithischian dinosaur from the Antlers Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of southeastern Oklahoma. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Sciences 95:64-66 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
84518 | J. A. Frederickson, M. H. Engel, and R. A. Cifelli. 2020. Ontogenetic dietary shifts in Deinonychus antirrhopus (Theropoda; Dromaeosauridae): insights into the ecology and social behavior of raptorial dinosaurs through stable isotope analysis. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 552 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
6098 | Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and R. L. Cifelli. 2001. Primitive boreosphenidan mammal (?Deltatheroida) from the Early Cretaceous of Oklahoma. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46(3):377-391 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
6715 | R. L. Nydam and R. L. Cifelli. 2002. Lizards from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) Antlers and Clovery formations. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(2):286-298 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
25845 | ETE | B. T. Roach and D. L. Brinkman. 2007. A reevaluation of cooperative pack hunting and gregariousness in Deinonychus antirrhopus and other nonavian theropod dinosaurs. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 48(1):103-138 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
59838 | J. P. Tennant, P. D. Mannion, and P. Upchurch. 2016. Evolutionary relationships and systematics of Atoposauridae (Crocodylomorpha: Neosuchia): implications for the rise of Eusuchia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177:854-936 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |