Tumey and Pancoche Hills: Maastrichtian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Plotosaurus bennisoni
(Camp 1942)
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1 individual | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Fresno |
| Coordinates: | 36.3° North, 120.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.3° North, 96.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Great Valley | Formation: | Moreno | Member: | Tierra Loma Shale |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | silty "shale" | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. | Tectonic setting: | forearc basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Encrustation: | occasional |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | CIT,UCMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 96736 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-06-29 12:28:25 | Last modified: | 2021-10-13 09:54:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-06-29 12:28:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 33002. | J. Lindgren, M. W. Caldwell, and J. W. Jagt. 2008. New data on the postcranial anatomy of the California mosasaur Plotosaurus bennisoni (Camp, 1942) (Upper Cretaceous: Maastrichtian), and the taxonomic status of P. tuckeri (Camp, 1942). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(4):1043-1054 [M. Carrano/H. Street/P. Mannion] |