Also known as Dolichorhynchops tropicensis referred specimen
Where: Kane County, Utah (37.0° N, 111.7° W: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 77.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Tropic Shale Formation, Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• The sites are located within the Early Turonian, in a span between 93.5 and 92.0 Ma
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by MNA in 2000, 2004, 2005
Primary reference: R. Schmeisser McKean. 2012. A new species of polycotylid plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Lower Turonian of Utah: Extending the stratigraphic range of Dolichorhynchops. Cretaceous Research 34:184-199 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 132357: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.08.2012, edited by Franco Aspromonte
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Scalamagnus tropicensis Schmeisser McKean 2012 plesiosaur MNA V9431 (vertebrae, rib fragments, partial fragments of the scapulae, coracoids, ischia, and pubis, complete ilium, and many unidentified fragments)
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