Logan County Dolichorhynchops osborni locality (PROXY): Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae
Dolichorhynchops osborni Williston 1902
1 individual
MCZ 1064 (skull and partial skeleton of a young individual)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Logan County
Coordinates: 39.0° North, 101.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.0° North, 67.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian
Age range of interval:89.80000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Colorado Formation:Niobrara Member:Smoky Hill Chalk
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
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
Museum repositories:MCZ
Metadata
Database number:117856
Authorizer:R. Benson Enterer:R. Benson
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-09-28 00:15:37 Last modified:2023-08-02 07:40:49
Access level:the public Released:2011-09-28 00:15:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

34117. K. Carpenter. 1996. A review of short-necked plesiosaurs of the Western Interior, North America. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 201(2):259-287 [M. Carrano/H. Street]