northeastern Lane County: Middle Santonian, Kansas
collected by Hamm 2001
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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Niobrarasaurus coleii
(Mehl 1936)
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1 individual | |||||||||
FHSM VP-13985 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Cretoxyrhinidae
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cf. Cretoxyrhina mantelli
(Agassiz 1835)
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identified as potential maker of tooth marks | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Lane |
Coordinates: | 38.7° North, 100.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 41.9° North, 66.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Middle Santonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 85.80000 - 83.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Colorado | Formation: | Niobrara | Member: | Smoky Hill Chalk |
Local section: | Smoky Hill Chalk | Local bed: | 8 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: just about Hattin's (1982) Marker Unit 8, which is 80 m above contact with Fort Hays Limestone Member |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Disassociated major elements: | all |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Bioerosion: | frequent |
Feeding/predation traces: | tooth marks,gastric dissolution |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | Hamm | Collection dates: | 2001 |
Collection method comments: "other marine vertebrates" also collected |
Metadata
Database number: | 49045 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-04-06 08:01:57 | Last modified: | 2011-06-15 17:22:39 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-06 08:01:57 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
13087. | ETE | M. J. Everhart and S. A. Hamm. 2005. A new nodosaur specimen (Dinosauria: Nodosauridae) from the Smoky Hill Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 108(1/2):15-21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
24894 | ETE | K. Carpenter and M. J. Everhart. 2007. Skull of the ankylosaur Niobrarasaurus coleii (Ankylosauria: Nodosauridae) from the Smoky Hill Chalk (Coniacian) of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 110(1/2):1-9 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
13083 | ETE | G. A. Liggett. 2005. A review of the dinosaurs from Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 108(1/2):1-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |