Hackberry Creek: Santonian, Kansas
collected by G. F. Sternberg 1911
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Tylosaurus dyspelor
(Cope 1870)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| nomen vanum belonging to Tylosaurus | ||||||||||
| GSCNMC 8162, skull | ||||||||||
| 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: | G. F. Sternberg | Collection dates: | 1911 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 188487 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-09-05 16:46:22 | Last modified: | 2023-08-02 08:00:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-09-05 16:46:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63225. | L. M. Lambe. 1914. Report of the vertebrate palaeontologist. Summary Report of the Geological Survey Department of Mines for the Calendar Year 1912 1305:397-403 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |