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
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Polycotylus latipinnis
Cope 1869
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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] |