East of Fort Wallace (PROXY): Santonian, Kansas
collected by Mr George R. Allman <1903

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae
Polycotylus latipinnis Cope 1869
1 specimen
limb
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas
Coordinates: 38.9° North, 101.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.3° North, 67.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Santonian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Santonian
Age range of interval:86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Colorado Formation:Niobrara Member:Smoky Hill Chalk
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Startigraphy based on other plesiosaur localities in this 'East of Fort Wallace' region
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Mr George R. Allman Collection dates:<1903
Metadata
Also known as:Polycotylus latipinnis referred limb
Database number:118183
Authorizer:R. Benson Enterer:R. Benson
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-10-07 21:46:39 Last modified:2023-08-02 07:55:21
Access level:the public Released:2011-10-07 21:46:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

35614.ETE S. W. Williston. 1903. North American plesiosaurs, part 1. Geological Series Field Museum of Natural History 3(1):1-77 [M. Carrano/H. Street]