Where: Gove County, Kansas (38.8° N, 100.7° W: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 67.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Niobrara Formation), Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by G. F. Sternberg in 1911
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: L. M. Lambe. 1914. Report of the vertebrate palaeontologist. Summary Report of the Geological Survey Department of Mines for the Calendar Year 1912 1305:397-403 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 188488: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 05.09.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Anogmius polymicrodus" = Pentanogmius evolutus
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Ichthyodectes anaides, "Portheus molossus" = Xiphactinus audax
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Osteichthyes | |
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