Where: Logan County, Kansas (38.9° N, 101.1° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 67.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Niobrara Formation), Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Smoky Hill Chalk Mbr of the Niobrara Fm, for which lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed. AGE: Not discussed in text, but presumably Coniacian or Santonian on the basis of other Smoky Hill Mbr collections. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position in member.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Bonner
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: M. C. Bonner. REPOSITORY: Fort Hays Kansas State College Museum, Hays, Kansas.
Primary reference: H. W. Miller. 1957. Niobarateuthis bonneri, a new genus and species of squid from the Niobara Formation of Kansas. Journal of Paleontology 31(4):809-814 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84456: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 20.10.2008, edited by Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Niobrarateuthis bonneri n. sp.
Niobrarateuthis bonneri n. sp. Miller 1957 octopus | |
Actinopteri | |
Apateodus busseni n. sp.
Apateodus busseni n. sp. Fielitz and Shimada 2009 |