List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasauridae indet.
Gervais 1852
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Thies and Vespermann 1995 | |||||||||
Tylosaurus proriger
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Thies and Vespermann 1995 | |||||||||
Platecarpus sp.
Cope 1869
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Thies and Vespermann 1995 | |||||||||
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] |