Vertebrate Type Specimens

Vertebrate Type Specimens

The Shuler Museum houses the following vertebrate type specimens. Click on the taxa listed below to view specimen details. Specimen photos will be added as they become available.

Taxon Specimen No. Age
?Acrodus olsoni 64350 Early Permian
?Acrodus sweetlacruzensisi 64410 Early Permian
Aetodactylus halli 76383 Late Cretaceous
Alamodactylus byrdi 76476 Late Cretaceous
Amphiuma antica 63676 Miocene
Camelops huerfanensis dallasi 60005 Late Pleistocene
Canis latrans harriscrooki 60315 Late Pleistocene
Caririchinium protohadrosaurichnos 74652 Late Cretaceous
Ceratodus texanus 70434 Early Cretaceous
Cimoliopterus dunni 76892 Late Cretaceous
Coloborhynchus wadleighi 73058 Early Cretaceous
Comanchea hilli 71848 Early Cretaceous
Enischnorhynchus dallasensis 60891 Late Cretaceous
Equus quinni 60228 Late Pleistocene
Eumeces miobsoletus 63681 Miocene
Holoclemensia texana 61997 Early Cretaceous
Hyla miocenica 61871 Miocene
Kermackia texana 62398 Early Cretaceous
Libonectes (Elasmosaurus) morgani 69120 Late Cretaceous
Lissodus humblei 67951 Late Triassic
Lonchidion anitae 62144 Early Cretaceous
Meristodonoides (Hybodus) butleri 62150 Early Cretaceous
Myotis magnamolaris 61772 Late Pleistocene
Myotis rectidentis 61780 Late Pleistocene
Nonaphalagodus trinitiensis 62086 Early Cretaceous
Notophthalmus slaughteri 61870 Miocene
Odocoileus virginianus aplodon 60077 Late Pleistocene
Onchopristis dunklei 60322 Late Cretaceous
Onchopristis dunklei praecursor 62200 Early Cretaceous
Pachycheilosuchus trinquei 75278 Early Cretaceous
Palaeobalistum geiseri 62093 Early Cretaceous
Palaeobalistum rectidens 62105 Early Cretaceous
Paluxysuchus newmani 76601 Early Cretaceous
Pappotherium pattersoni 61725 Early Cretaceous
Paramicrodon estesi 62090 Early Cretaceous
Paraptychodus washitaensis 61362 Early Cretaceous
Pawpawsaurus campbelli 73203 Early Cretaceous
Polyacrodus lapalomensis 64524 Early Permian
Polyacrodus ritchiei 64555 Early Permian
Polyacrodus wichitaensis 64579 Early Permian
Polyacrodus zideki 64443 Early Permian
Polyptychodon hudsoni 60313 Late Cretaceous
Protohadros byrdi 74582 Late Cretaceous
Ptychodus martini (connellyi) 69031 Late Cretaceous
Radiodactylus langstoni 72547 Early Cretaceous
Reidus hilli 76592 Early Cretaceous
Russellosaurus coheni 73056 Late Cretaceous
Saidomys natrunensis 62083 Miocene
Siren miotexana 63673 Miocene
Slaughteria eruptens 61992 Early Cretaceous
Smilodon populator (trinitiensis) 60030 Late Pleistocene
Squalicorax pawpawensis 76312 Early Cretaceous
Squalicorax priscoserratus 76282 Early Cretaceous
Tetrameryx shuleri 60004 Late Pleistocene
Texasensis (Callodus) coronatus 62087 Early Cretaceous
Texasophis fossilis 63691 Miocene
Texomys ritchiei 65555 Miocene
Trinititherium slaughteri 61728 Early Cretaceous
Wannchampsus kirpachi 76604 Early Cretaceous
Woodbinesuchus byersmauricei 74626 Late Cretaceous
Xenacanthus? slaughteri 64345 Early Permian