Hackberry Creek Valley: Santonian, Kansas
collected by C. H. Sternberg 1905
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Protostegidae
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Protostega copei n. sp.
Wieland 1909
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1 individual | |||||||||
recombined as Microstega copei | ||||||||||
YPM | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Trego |
Coordinates: | 38.9° North, 100.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.1° North, 66.8° 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: | not reported |
Environment: | offshore indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),survey of museum collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | YPM | ||
Collectors: | C. H. Sternberg | Collection dates: | 1905 |
Metadata
Database number: | 167919 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2015-04-07 16:38:34 | Last modified: | 2023-08-02 08:00:34 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-04-07 16:38:34 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
54902. | G. R. Wieland. 1909. Revision of the Protostegidae. The American Journal of Science, series 4 27(158):101-130 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |