YPM 40796 locality, Graham County: Late/Upper Coniacian, Kansas
collected by B. F. Mudge 1876

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Tylosaurus kansasensis Everhart 2005
YPM 40796 (fragmentary remains, including the parietal and a quadrate). Originally identified as Tylosaurus sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Graham
Coordinates: 39.3° North, 99.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.3° North, 65.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Coniacian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Coniacian
Age range of interval:89.80000 - 86.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Colorado Formation:Niobrara Member:Smoky Hill Chalk
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: chalk
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Feeding/predation traces:tooth marks
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:B. F. Mudge Collection dates:September 1876
Metadata
Also known as:Tylosaurus kansasensis referred specimen
Database number:118163
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Carrano
Created:2011-10-06 22:55:08 Last modified:2016-03-10 16:30:21
Access level:the public Released:2011-10-06 22:55:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
38037. M. J. Everhart. 2005. Tylosaurus kansasensis, a new species of tylosaurine (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas, USA. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 84(3):231-240 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]