Santee: Campanian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasaurus sp.
Parkinson 1822
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Russell 1964 | |||||||||
teeth | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Knox |
Coordinates: | 42.8° North, 97.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 47.3° North, 65.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
Key time interval: | Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Pierre Shale | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Referral to the Pierre Shale is tentative. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "shale" |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Abundance in sediment: | few |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 107400 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | H. Street | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-04-07 06:38:27 | Last modified: | 2011-04-06 16:38:27 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-04-07 06:38:27 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
11982. | J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. In F. V. Hayden (ed.), Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
35745 | ETE | D. A. Russell. 1964. The Skull of American Mosasaurs. 1-386 [M. Carrano/H. Street/P. Wagner] |