Near Pfeifer (FHSM VP-2936 locality): Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian, Kansas
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 | |||||||||
FHSM VP-2936 (articulated dorsal vertebrae and ribs) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Ellis County |
Coordinates: | 38.7° North, 99.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 39.4° North, 64.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: "The concretion containing the specimen... Chalky limestone concretions such as this commonly occur in the uppermost Pfeifer Member, Greenhorn Limestone (Hattin, 1975) and the lower Fairport Chalk Member, Carlile Shale (Hattin, 1962)" (Schumacher & Everhart 2005, p. 46). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | concretionary "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
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 |
Collection method comments: FHSM collection |
Metadata
Database number: | 117809 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-09-27 01:32:20 | Last modified: | 2011-09-26 11:32:20 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-27 01:32:20 |
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] |