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
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Pliosauridae indet.
Seeley 1874
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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] |