Bank of the Missouri River: Late/Upper Campanian, South Dakota
collected by P. Neumiller
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Hainosaurus neumilleri n. sp.
Martin 2007
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SDSM 75705 - type (partial skull, paddle bones, and associated vertebrae) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | South Dakota | County: | Gregory |
Coordinates: | 43.2° North, 99.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 48.1° North, 67.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Montana | Formation: | Pierre Shale | Member: | DeGrey |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: See Martin et al. (2007) for revised stratigraphy of the Pierre Shale Group |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | concretionary sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | cherty/siliceous "shale" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: sandy concretion in the siliceous shale | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | SDSM |
Collectors: | P. Neumiller |
Metadata
Also known as: | SDSM locality V2005–20; Hainosaurus neumilleri type locality | ||
Database number: | 123581 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-01-26 03:16:12 | Last modified: | 2012-01-31 16:49:31 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-01-26 03:16:12 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
39761. | J. E. Martin. 2007. A North American Hainosaurus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of southern South Dakota. Geological Society of America Special Paper 427:199-207 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |