Where: Natrona County, Wyoming (43.6° N, 107.8° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° N, 51.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Sundance Formation), Early/Lower Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• member informally known as "Redwater Shale"
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; poorly lithified, glauconitic shale and poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by F. R. O'Keefe; reposited in the UNSM, UW
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,
Primary reference: F. R. O'Keefe and H. P. Street. 2009. Osteology of the cryptocleidoid plesiosaur Tatenectes laramiensis, with comments on the taxonomic status of the Cimoliasauridae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):48-57 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96690: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 25.06.2010, edited by Jonathan Tennant
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Tatenectes laramiensis Knight 1900 plesiosaur |