Selmasaurus russelli type locality: Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian, Alabama
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Selmasaurus russelli n. gen., n. sp.
Wright and Shannon 1988
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1 individual | |||||||||
| GSATC 221 (holotype), incompleted skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Alabama |
| Coordinates: | 32.9° North, 87.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.4° North, 59.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Selma | Formation: | Mooreville Chalk |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 84188 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-09-23 13:37:27 | Last modified: | 2014-05-05 12:47:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-09-23 13:37:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28176. | K. R. Wright and S. W. Shannon. 1988. Selmasaurus russelli, a new plioplatecarpine mosasaur (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from Alabama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(1):102-107 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |