Panoche Hills (CIT 354): Maastrichtian, California
collected by Dr Chester Stock 1943
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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Morenosaurus stocki n. gen., n. sp.
Welles 1943
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1 individual | |||||||||
| CIT 354 (holotype) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Fresno |
| Coordinates: | 36.7° North, 120.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.8° North, 96.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Great Valley | Formation: | Moreno |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Dr Chester Stock | Collection dates: | Before 1943 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Morenosaurus type locality | ||
| Database number: | 116613 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-09-09 21:17:21 | Last modified: | 2022-06-04 13:07:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-09 21:17:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37561. | S. P. Welles. 1943. Elasmosaurid plesiosaurs with description of new material from California and Colorado. Memoirs of the University of California 13:125-254 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |