McLennan County (PROXY): Campanian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae
Trinacromerum bonneri Adams 1997
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:

26171ETE 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]