2 miles west of Holyrood (USNM): Middle Cenomanian, Kansas
collected by G. F. Sternberg 1931
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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Elasmosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| UNSM 50135 (identical specimen as USNM 1195 by Schumacher & Everhart 2005) | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Cretoxyrhinidae
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Cretoxyrhina mantelli
(Agassiz 1835)
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax falcatus
(Agassiz 1843)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Acanthoceratidae
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Calycoceras sp.
Hyatt 1900
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| Could be Pseudocalycoceras sp. instead | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Ellsworth County |
| Coordinates: | 38.6° North, 98.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.1° North, 61.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Colorado | Formation: | Greenhorn Limestone | Member: | Lincoln Limestone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | few |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying | ||
| Collection size: | 1 specimens | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | G. F. Sternberg | Collection dates: | 1931 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | USNM 1195 elasmosaur locality | ||
| Database number: | 106008 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-03-01 09:03:09 | Last modified: | 2012-01-31 16:36:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-03-01 09:03:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35373. | M. J. Everhart. 2007. Use of archival photographs to rediscover the locality of the Holyrood elasmosaur (Ellsworth County, Kansas). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 110(1-2):135-143 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |
Secondary references:
| 37870 | B. A. Schumacher and M. J. Everhart. 2005. A stratigraphic and taxonomic review of plesiosaurs from the old "Fort Benton Group" of central Kansas: a new assessment of old records. Paludicola 5(2):33-54 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Butler] |