Tropic Shale (MNA loc. 1627): Early/Lower Turonian, Utah
collected by MNA 2003
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Polycotylidae
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Dolichorhynchops tropicensis n. sp.
Schmeisser McKean 2012
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1 individual | |||||||||
| MNA V10046 - type (complete skull, nearly complete dentition, an incomplete set of vertebrae and ribs, scapulae, coracoids, ilia, ischia, pubes, nearly complete forelimbs and hindlimbs) | ||||||||||
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= Scalamagnus tropicensis n. gen., n. sp.
Schmeisser McKean 2012
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Clark et al. 2024 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Kane |
| Coordinates: | 37.0° North, 111.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.5° North, 77.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tropic Shale | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The sites are located within the Early Turonian, in a span between 93.5 and 92.0 Ma | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | MNA | Collection dates: | 2003 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Dolichorhynchops tropicensis type | ||
| Database number: | 132356 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | P. Mannion, F. Aspromonte |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-08-14 23:07:11 | Last modified: | 2023-07-26 08:20:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-08-14 23:07:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42631. | R. Schmeisser McKean. 2012. A new species of polycotylid plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Lower Turonian of Utah: Extending the stratigraphic range of Dolichorhynchops. Cretaceous Research 34:184-199 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 85420 | L. B. Albright, D. D. Gillette, and A. L. Titus. 2013. Fossil vertebrates from the Tropic Shale (Upper Cretaceous), southern Utah. In A. L. Titus & M. A. Loewen (ed.), At the Top of the Grand Staircase: The Late Cretaceous of Southern Utah 536-562 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 87231 | R. O. Clark, F. R. O'Keefe, and S. E. Slack. 2024. A new genus of small polycotylid plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway and a clarification of the genus Dolichorhynchops. Cretaceous Research 157:105812:1-35 [E. Vlachos/F. Aspromonte/P. Mannion] |