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
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Dolichorhynchops osborni
Williston 1902
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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] |