McAllaster ('Plesiosaurus' gulo type locality): Santonian - Campanian, Kansas
collected by Joseph Savage of Leavenworth >1872
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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Plesiosaurus gulo n. sp.
Cope 1872
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1 specimen | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Elasmosauridae | ||||||||||
KUVP 1329 (holotype postcrania) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Logan County |
Coordinates: | 39.0° North, 101.4° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 44.3° North, 69.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Santonian Niobrara Chalk or Campanian Pierre Shale |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ) | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | Joseph Savage of Leavenworth | Collection dates: | >1872 |
Metadata
Database number: | 118877 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-10-17 19:59:11 | Last modified: | 2011-10-17 03:59:11 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-17 19:59:11 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |