Also known as Polycotylus latipinnis paratype locality
Where: Kansas (38.9° N, 101.3° W: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 67.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Niobrara Formation), Late/Upper Coniacian to Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the YPM
Collection methods: quarrying
Primary reference: K. Carpenter. 1996. A review of short-necked plesiosaurs of the Western Interior, North America. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 201(2):259-287 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 117847: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 27.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Polycotylus latipinnis Cope 1869 plesiosaur YPM 1125 (paratype, nearly complete postcranial skeleton and skull fragments)
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