McLennan County (PROXY) (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Dolichorhynchos bonneri referred skeleton

Where: McLennan County County, Texas (31.5° N, 97.2° W: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 69.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Taylor Marl Formation, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. R. O'Keefe. 2008. Cranial anatomy and taxonomy of Dolichorhynchops bonneri new combination, a polycotylid (Sauropteryga: Plesiosauria) from the Pierre Shale of Wyoming and South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):664-676 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118185: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 07.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae
"Trinacromerum bonneri" = Martinectes bonneri
"Trinacromerum bonneri" = Martinectes bonneri Adams 1997 plesiosaur
TAMU 3001 (skeleton)