Also known as Tylosaurus kansasensis referred specimen
Where: Ellis County, Kansas (39.0° N, 99.5° W: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 65.4° 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 in 1979
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 118159: 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-15631 (the complete skull, including premaxilla, frontal/parietal and partial right quadrate, pectoral girdle and most of both front limbs, several ribs and a series of forty two consecutive cervical, dorsal and caudal vertebrae of an adult). The overall condition is poor due to plant roots and subsurface weathering.
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