South of Fairburn: Campanian, South Dakota
collected by G. Langford 1946
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Platecarpus sp.
Cope 1869
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| CNHM nos. PR 215, 216 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Custer |
| Coordinates: | 43.6° North, 103.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.2° North, 70.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Pierre Shale | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: lower Pierre | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Abundance in sediment: | few |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
| Collection size: | 2 specimens | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | G. Langford | Collection dates: | 1946 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 107679 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-04-13 07:09:20 | Last modified: | 2011-04-12 17:09:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-04-13 07:09:20 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35745. | ETE | D. A. Russell. 1964. The Skull of American Mosasaurs. 1-386 [M. Carrano/H. Street/P. Wagner] |