McLennan County (PROXY): Campanian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Polycotylidae
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Trinacromerum bonneri
Adams 1997
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Adams 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Martinectes bonneri | ||||||||||
TAMU 3001 (skeleton) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | McLennan County |
Coordinates: | 31.5° North, 97.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 36.4° North, 69.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Taylor Marl |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
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 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Dolichorhynchos bonneri referred skeleton | ||
Database number: | 118185 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-10-07 22:13:35 | Last modified: | 2014-08-20 17:34:15 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-07 22:13:35 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
33004. | F. R. O'Keefe. 2008. Cranial anatomy and taxonomy of Dolichorhynchops bonneri new combination, a polycotylid (Sauropteryga: Plesiosauria) from the Pierre Shale of Wyoming and South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):664-676 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |
Secondary references:
26171 | ETE | D. A. Adams. 1997. Trinacromerum bonneri, new species, last and fastest pliosaur of the Western Interior Seaway. Texas Journal of Science 49(3):179-198 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |