Road-cut south of Lake Wilson Reservoir: Early/Lower Turonian, Kansas
collected by Dr Paul Johnston, DeWayne Backus, and students 1971
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Polycotylidae
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Trinacromerum bentonianum
Cragin 1888
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1 individual | |||||||||
ESU 5000 (Emporia State University, Kansas; limb) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Russell County |
Coordinates: | 38.9° North, 98.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 39.5° North, 63.7° 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: | Early/Lower Turonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Colorado | Formation: | Greenhorn Limestone | Member: | Pfeifer |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: About 2 km below the Fencepost Limestone bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | Dr Paul Johnston, DeWayne Backus, and students | Collection dates: | July 1971 |
Collection method comments: ESU, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas |
Metadata
Database number: | 117806 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-09-27 00:36:28 | Last modified: | 2012-01-31 16:35:03 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-27 00:36:28 |
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] |