Niobrara: Santonian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae
Protostega advena n. sp. Hay 1908
recombined as Chelosphargis advena
KUVP 1209, plastron, twelve marginalia, two or three neuralia, and portions of two costal plates
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Logan
Coordinates: 38.9° North, 101.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.3° North, 67.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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
Formation:Niobrara Member:Smoky Hill Chalk
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: chalk
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Collection of Kansas University
Metadata
Also known as:Protostega advena type locality
Database number:203742
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Modifier:P. Mannion
Created:2019-08-23 08:56:34 Last modified:2023-08-02 08:04:02
Access level:the public Released:2019-08-23 08:56:34
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]