3 miles east of Pfeifer (FHSM VP-15576 locality): Middle Cenomanian, Kansas
collected by J. C. Harksen, O. Bonner 1962
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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Elasmosauridae indet.
Cope 1869
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1 individual | |||||||||
| FHSM VP-15576 (9 articulated cervical vertebrae) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Ellis County |
| Coordinates: | 38.7° North, 99.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.3° North, 61.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Cenomanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 5 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Cenomanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 100.50000 - 93.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Colorado | Formation: | Graneros Shale | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "A display placard with FHSM VP-15576 states that it was found by J. C. Harksen, 3 miles east of Pfeifer in the Graneros Shale" (Schumacher & Everhart 2005, p. 48). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gypsiferous "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,mechanical,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | J. C. Harksen, O. Bonner | Collection dates: | 1962 |
| Collection method comments: FHSM collection; Found by J. C. Harksen, collected by Orville Bonner | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 117816 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-09-27 02:27:41 | Last modified: | 2012-01-31 15:33:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-27 02:27:41 |
| 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] |