Garrett Ranch, 7-8 miles northwest of Wakeeney: Santonian, Kansas
collected by G. F. Sternberg 1953
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Ectenosaurus clidastoides
(Merriam 1894)
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FHSM VP-401 (complete skull and articulated anterior half of a skeleton. Associated with the skeletal and cartilaginous remains are 23 small slabs preserving fossilized integument) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Trego |
Coordinates: | 39.1° North, 100.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.2° North, 66.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
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 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | chalk |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,soft parts |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | ||
Collectors: | G. F. Sternberg | Collection dates: | 1953 |
Collection method comments: Sternberg Museum of Natural History |
Metadata
Also known as: | FHSM | ||
Database number: | 123577 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-01-26 02:00:43 | Last modified: | 2012-01-25 09:02:16 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-01-26 02:00:43 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
39759. | J. Lindgren, M. J. Everhart, and M. W. Caldwell. 2011. Three-dimensionally preserved integument reveals hydrodynamic adaptations in the extinct marine lizard Ectenosaurus (Reptilia, Mosasauridae). PLoS One 6(11):e27343 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |