Butler Farm is a fossil collection site in Wise, Texas, cataloged in the Paleobiology Database. Fossils here come from the Antlers Formation, dated to the Late Aptian to Early Albian (119.57–110.1 million years ago). The depositional environment is recorded as terrestrial indet. Documented finds include Astroconodon denisoni, Paracimexomys, Kermackia texana, Pappotherium pattersoni, Holoclemensia texana, Glyptops.

Geologic setting

Formation: Antlers
Geologic interval: Late Aptian to Early Albian
Age: 119.57–110.1 Ma
Depositional environment: terrestrial indet.
Recorded occurrences: 30

Locality notes

250 yd NE of U. S. Highway 81, 3 mi NW of Decatur; coordinate given by Tasch 1967

Fossils found here

Astroconodon denisoni

Mammalia · Triconodontidae

Paracimexomys

Mammalia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Kermackia texana

Mammalia · Kermackiidae

Pappotherium pattersoni

Mammalia · Pappotheriidae

Holoclemensia texana

Mammalia · Holoclemensiidae

Glyptops

Reptilia · Pleurosternidae

Naomichelys

Reptilia · Helochelydridae

Lacertilia

Reptilia

Bernissartia

Reptilia · NO_FAMILY_SPECIFIED

Theropoda

Reptilia

Sauropoda

Saurischia

Tenontosaurus

Ornithischia · Tenontosauridae

Hypsilophodontidae

Ornithischia · Hypsilophodontidae

Prosiren elinorae

Amphibia · Prosirenidae

Anura

Amphibia

Ceratodus americanus

Osteichthyes · Ceratodontidae

Lepidotes

Osteichthyes · Semionotidae

Nonaphalagodus trinitiensis

Osteichthyes · Pycnodontidae

Amiidae

Osteichthyes · Amiidae

Lonchidion anitae

Chondrichthyes · Lonchidiidae

Meristodonoides butleri

Chondrichthyes · Hybodontidae

Leptostyrax macrorhiza

Chondrichthyes · Eoptolamnidae

Albanerpeton arthridion

Amphibia · Albanerpetontidae

Lioestheria

Branchiopoda · Lioestheriidae

Holoclemensia

Mammalia · Holoclemensiidae

Lepisosteus

Osteichthyes · Lepisosteidae

Tyrannosauridae

Reptilia · Tyrannosauridae

Records and references

Data: Paleobiology Database collection 14375 (CC BY 4.0) — view the source record

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Questions about Butler Farm

Can you collect at Butler Farm?

It depends on who owns the land and whether a mining claim covers it. BLM land usually allows hand collecting for personal use, national parks allow none, and private land needs the owner’s permission. Pro members see the owner and any claims at this spot.

What minerals are found at Butler Farm?

Fossil.

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Meteorite nearbyA 26.6 kg stony meteorite was found at Forestburg (b) in 1957, 15 miles from here.

Source: Paleobiology Database.