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Tylosaurus kansasensis
Taxonomy
Tylosaurus kansasensis was named by Everhart (2005). Its type specimen is FHSM VP-2295, a partial skeleton (A complete, articulated skull and seven cervical vertebrae), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is FHSM VP-2295 locality, Ellis County, which is in a Coniacian marine chalk in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2005 | Tylosaurus kansasensis Everhart |
| 2013 | Tylosaurus kansasensis Bell Jr. et al. p. 576 |
| 2019 | Tylosaurus kansasensis Driscoll et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Tylosaurus kansasensis Everhart 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Gervais 1852 | |||||
Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Coniacian or 93.90000 to 85.80000 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Turonian | Mexico (San Antonio El Bravo) | Tylosaurus kansasensis (142743) | |
| Late/Upper Coniacian | USA (Kansas) | Tylosaurus kansasensis (type locality: 106063 118151 118152 118153 118154 118155 118156 118157 118159 118160 118161 118162 118163) | |
| Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian | USA (Texas) | Tylosaurus kansasensis (151422) |