List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasauridae indet.
Gervais 1852
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Thies and Vespermann 1995 | |||||||||
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Tylosaurus proriger
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Thies and Vespermann 1995 | |||||||||
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Platecarpus sp.
Cope 1869
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Thies and Vespermann 1995 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Ctenochelyidae
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Toxochelys bauri n. sp.
Wieland 1905
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Ctenochelys stenoporus | ||||||||||
| YPM | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Gove |
| Coordinates: | 39.0° North, 100.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.6° North, 66.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | some |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | YPM |
| Collectors: | C. Sternberg |
| Collection method comments: Some of the fossils are stored in the Roemer-Museum, Hildesheim, Germany | |
| Taxonomic list comments:Included is some unidentified Mosasauridae-material. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 38721 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-05-01 02:48:45 | Last modified: | 2015-04-07 16:30:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-05-01 02:48:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54901. | G. R. Wieland. 1905. A new Niobrara Toxochelys. The American Journal of Science, series 4 20(119):325-343 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 10412 | 5% 10340 | D. Thies and J. Vespermann. 1995. Die Mosasaurier des Roemer-Museums in Hildesheim. (The Mosasauridae of the Roemer Museum in Hildesheim). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 69(3/4):459-465 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/J. Alroy] |