W. Philip Ranch, southeast of Hays (FHSM VP-71 locality): Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian, Kansas
collected by Fort Hays campus stadium building stone 1938
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Polycotylidae
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Trinacromerum bentonianum
Cragin 1888
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1 individual | |||||||||
| FHSM VP-71 (five dorsal vertebrae, partial right scapula and rib) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Ellis County |
| Coordinates: | 38.8° North, 99.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.5° North, 64.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Colorado | Formation: | Greenhorn Limestone | Member: | Pfeifer |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Records associated with FHSM VP-71 state that it was discovered in a block of building stone being used to construct the stadium on Fort Hays State University campus in 1938. The are being used for quarry stone was on the W. Philip Ranch, in Ellis County, southeast of Hays, and most likely the block came from the Fencepost Limestone bed of the Greenhorn Limestone.This stone was used to construct many of the buildings on the Fort Hays campus. This bed is within the Pfeifer Member. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| 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: | Fort Hays campus stadium building stone | Collection dates: | 1938 |
| Collection method comments: FHSM collection | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 117807 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-09-27 00:46:35 | Last modified: | 2012-01-31 16:32:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-27 00:46:35 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |