near Elkader: Late/Upper Santonian, Kansas
collected by H. T. Martin 1897
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Logan |
| Coordinates: | 38.8° North, 100.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.1° North, 67.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Colorado | Formation: | Niobrara | Member: | Smoky Hill Chalk |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified chalk |
| Environment: | offshore indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated major elements: | none |
| Disassociated minor elements: | none |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | AMNH | ||
| Collectors: | H. T. Martin | Collection dates: | 1897 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 203741 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-08-23 08:40:34 | Last modified: | 2023-08-02 08:03:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-08-23 08:40:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14442. | ETE | O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |