6 mi southeast of Ness City (FHSM): Middle Turonian, Kansas
collected by George Stenberg 1962

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Pliosauridae indet. Seeley 1874
1 specimen
FHSM VP-2150 (three cervical vertebrae, two cervical ribs, four dorsal vertebrae, skull roof fragments)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Ness County
Coordinates: 38.4° North, 99.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.2° North, 65.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Turonian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Middle Turonian
Age range of interval:93.50000 - 89.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Colorado Formation:Carlile Shale Member:Fairport
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:massive,white chalk
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:George Stenberg Collection dates:December 1962
Collection method comments: FHSM collection
Metadata
Also known as:FHSM VP-2150 locality
Database number:117802
Authorizer:R. Benson Enterer:R. Benson
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-09-26 23:44:18 Last modified:2012-01-31 16:23:36
Access level:the public Released:2011-09-26 23:44:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

37870. B. A. Schumacher and M. J. Everhart. 2005. A stratigraphic and taxonomic review of plesiosaurs from the old "Fort Benton Group" of central Kansas: a new assessment of old records. Paludicola 5(2):33-54 [R. Benson/R. Benson/R. Butler]