Niobrara: Santonian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Protostegidae
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Protostega advena n. sp.
Hay 1908
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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] |