Elasmosaurus marshii type locality, Logan County: Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian, Kansas
collected by Mr H. T. Martin 1889

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Elasmosaurus marshii n. sp. Williston 1906
1 individual
nomen dubium belonging to Styxosaurus
YPM 1645 (holotype)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas
Coordinates: 39.0° North, 101.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.0° North, 67.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian
Age range of interval:89.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Niobrara
Stratigraphy comments: "Chalk of Logan County" (Williston 1906, p. 229).
"Niobrara Cretaceous" (Welles 1943, p. 189).
"Probably the Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Santonian-Campanian)" (Storrs 1999, p. 7)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: chalk
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Mr H. T. Martin Collection dates:1889
Metadata
Database number:117842
Authorizer:R. Benson Enterer:R. Benson
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-09-27 20:57:35 Last modified:2023-08-02 07:54:40
Access level:the public Released:2011-09-27 20:57:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26148.ETE S. W. Williston. 1906. North American plesiosaurs: Elasmosaurus, Cimoliasaurus, and Polycotylus. The American Journal of Science, series 4 21:221-236 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

38181 G. W. Storrs. 1999. An examination of Plesiosauria (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) from the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of Central North America. Paleontological Contributions of the University of Kansas 11:1-15 [R. Benson/R. Benson]