KUVP Ellis-5: Turonian, Kansas
collected by J. D. Stewart 1975
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasauridae indet.
Gervais 1852
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| KUVP 25869, maxilla fragment | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Protostegidae
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Desmatochelys lowi
(Williston 1894)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| original and current combination Desmatochelys lowii | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Aulopiformes
- Enchodontidae
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Enchodus sp.
Agassiz 1835
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Ichthyodectidae
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Xiphactinus audax
(Leidy 1870)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| two partial tails and one partial cranium | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Cretoxyrhinidae
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Cretoxyrhina mantelli
(Agassiz 1835)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Cretolamna appendiculata
(Agassiz 1835)
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| recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax falcatus
(Agassiz 1843)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Eoptolamnidae
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Leptostyrax crassidens
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Ptychodontidae
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Ptychodus whipplei
Marcou 1858
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Collignoniceratidae
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Collignoniceras woollgari
(Mantell 1822)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea lugubris
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Ostrea congesta
Conrad 1843
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unclassified
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Crossopodia sp.
M'Coy 1851
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Ellis |
| Coordinates: | 39.1° North, 99.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.5° North, 63.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Colorado | Formation: | Carlile Shale | Member: | Fairport |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "At this locality the Fairport is overlain by the Blue Hill Shale."; "It was situated about 6 m (20 ft) below the Blue Hill Shale-Fairport Chalk contact."; "The Fairport Chalk has generally been regarded as the lowest member of the Carlile Formation, but some workers (Hattin, 1962, p. 125) have concluded that the Fairport Chalk fulfills the qualifications for formational status." | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | chalk |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,coprolite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Abundance in sediment: | rare |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Collection size: | 1 specimens | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. D. Stewart | Collection dates: | 1975 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 102879 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-01-20 06:35:59 | Last modified: | 2012-01-31 16:21:47 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-01-20 06:35:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34803. | L. D. Martin and J. D. Stewart. 1977. The oldest (Turonian) mosasaurs from Kansas. Journal of Paleontology 51(5):973-975 [M. Carrano/H. Street/H. Street] |