Redbird (Dolichorhynchops osborni locality): Middle Campanian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Polycotylidae
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Dolichorhynchops osborni
Williston 1902
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1 individual | |||||||||
| UCM 35059 (partial skeleton and skull) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Niobrara County |
| Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 104.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.4° North, 72.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Campanian | Ammonoid zone: | Baculites obtusus-Baculites maclearni |
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Montana | Formation: | Pierre Shale | Member: | Sharon Springs |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Sharon Springs Member spans the Baculites obtusus-Baculites maclearni in Wymoning (Gill et al. 1972) | |||||
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
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 117860 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | R. Benson | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-09-28 00:22:33 | Last modified: | 2014-06-05 05:00:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-28 00:22:33 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 48141 | J. R. Gill, W. A. Cobban, and L. G. Schultz. 1972. Stratigraphy and Composition of the Sharon Springs Member of the Pierre Shale in Western Kansas. Geological SUrvey Professional Paper 728:1-50 [R. Benson/R. Benson] |