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Kings Creek, Montague County, Texas, USA

Mindat.org Locality Page	Montague County, Texas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal)	33.5,-97.5
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on political unit
Given Location	Texas, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Montague County, Texas, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Kings Creek	Slaughter B. H. (1969)	Trinity - Paluxy - Upper	said to be Albian	claystone	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Willawalla	Krause D. W., Kielan-Jaworowska Z., et al (1990)	Trinity - Antlers		not reported	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Lioestheria sp. genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Branchiopoda : Diplostraca : Lioestheriidae : *Lioestheria*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Lepidotes sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Lepisosteiformes : *Lepidotes*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Palaeobalistum rectidens species	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pycnodontiformes : Nursallidae : Palaeobalistum : *Palaeobalistum rectidens*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Proscincetes sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Pycnodontiformes : Pycnodontidae : *Proscincetes*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Macrepistius sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Semionotiformes : Macrosemiidae : *Macrepistius*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Hypolophus mcnultyi species	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Dasyatidae : Hypolophus : *Hypolophus mcnultyi*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Astroconodon denisoni species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Triconodontidae : Astroconodon : *Astroconodon denisoni*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Paracimexomys sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Taeniolabidae : *Paracimexomys*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Holoclemensia texana species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Holoclemensiidae : Holoclemensia : *Clemensia texana*	113 - 100.5 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous

References

Tasch P. (1967) Conchostracans from the Lower Cretaceous (Albian) Paluxy Formation, Texas 41 1, 256-259

Slaughter B. H. (1969) Astroconodon, the Cretaceous Triconodont, Journal of Mammalogy 50 1, 102-107

Thurmond J. T. (1971) Cartilaginous fishes of the Trinity Group and related rocks (Lower Cretaceous) of north central Texas, Southeastern Geology 13, 207-227

Thurmond J. T. (1974) Lower vertebrate faunas of the Trinity Division on north-central Texas, 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

Krause D. W., Kielan-Jaworowska Z., et al (1990) Early Cretaceous Multituberculata (Mammalia) from the Antlers Formation, Trinity Group, of North-Central Texas, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9 3, 31A

Davis B. M., Cifelli R. L. (2011) Reappraisal of the tribosphenidan mammals from the Trinity Group (Aptian-Albian) of Texas and Oklahoma, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56 3, 441-462

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