Where: Gove County, Kansas (38.7° N, 100.5° W: paleocoordinates 41.9° N, 67.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Niobrara Formation), Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• Deposited 87-82 Ma
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified chalk
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. J. Everhart. 2001. Revisions to the biostratigraphy of the Moasasauridae (Squamata) in the Smoky Hill Chalk Member of the Niobara Chalk (Late Cretaceous) of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 104(1-2):59-78 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 99383: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 09.11.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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