Flager: Cretaceous, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Clidastes sp.
Cope 1868
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Kit Carson |
| Coordinates: | 39.3° North, 103.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.7° North, 60.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1-8 |
| Key time interval: | Cretaceous |
| Age range of interval: | 145.00000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
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: | rare |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Collection size: | 1 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 107401 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street |
| Modifier: | H. Street | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-04-07 07:01:59 | Last modified: | 2011-04-06 17:08:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-04-07 07:01:59 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |