Also known as FHSM
Where: Trego County, Kansas (39.1° N, 100.0° W: paleocoordinates 42.2° N, 66.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Niobrara Formation), Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; chalk
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts
Collected by G. F. Sternberg in 1953
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History
Primary reference: J. Lindgren, M. J. Everhart, and M. W. Caldwell. 2011. Three-dimensionally preserved integument reveals hydrodynamic adaptations in the extinct marine lizard Ectenosaurus (Reptilia, Mosasauridae). PLoS One 6(11):e27343 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123577: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 26.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ectenosaurus clidastoides Merriam 1894 mosasaur FHSM VP-401 (complete skull and articulated anterior half of a skeleton. Associated with the skeletal and cartilaginous remains are 23 small slabs preserving fossilized integument)
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