Also known as Tylosaurus kansasensis referred specimen
Where: Graham County, Kansas (39.3° N, 99.8° W: paleocoordinates 41.3° N, 65.6° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Niobrara Formation), Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; chalk
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by H. E. LaGarry in 1972
Primary reference: M. J. Everhart. 2005. Tylosaurus kansasensis, a new species of tylosaurine (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas, USA. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 84(3):231-240 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118155: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 06.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Tylosaurus kansasensis Everhart 2005 mosasaur FHSM VP-9350 - juvenile (partial skull, including the premaxilla, left maxilla, left quadrate and both lower jaws). Originally identified as Platecarpus
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