northeastern Lane County: Middle Santonian, Kansas
collected by Hamm 2001

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Nodosauridae
Niobrarasaurus coleii (Mehl 1936)
1 individual
FHSM VP-13985 (2 measurements)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae
cf. Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz 1835)
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:

24894ETE 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]
13083ETE 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]