east of Wallace (PROXY): Santonian, Kansas
collected by George Stenberg 1900
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Polycotylidae
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Dolichorhynchops osborni n. gen., n. sp.
Williston 1902
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Williston 1902 | 1 individual | ||||||||
KUVP 1300 (holotype skeleton with skull) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Logan County |
Coordinates: | 38.9° North, 101.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.4° North, 68.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Santonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Colorado | Formation: | Niobrara | Member: | Smoky Hill Chalk |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Hesperornis Zone of the Smoky Hill Chalk Member, Niobrara Formation (early Campanian), Logan County, Kansas by C. Sternberg (Carpenter, 1996). |
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,surface (in situ) | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | George Stenberg | Collection dates: | 1900 |
Collection method comments: KUVP collection |
Metadata
Also known as: | Dolichorhynchops osborni type locality | ||
Database number: | 117851 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-09-27 23:44:37 | Last modified: | 2023-08-02 07:55:08 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-27 23:44:37 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
34117. | 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] |
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] | |
33875 | ETE | S. W. Williston. 1902. Restoration of Dolichorhynchops osborni, a new Cretaceous plesiosaur. Kansas University Science Bulletin 1(9):241-244 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/R. Benson] |
35614 | ETE | S. W. Williston. 1903. North American plesiosaurs, part 1. Geological Series Field Museum of Natural History 3(1):1-77 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |