near Aurora (KUVP): Early/Lower Turonian, Kansas
collected by Mr C. Boyce 1909
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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Ogmodirus martini n. gen., n. sp.
(Williston and Moodie 1917)
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1 individual | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Ogmodirus | ||||||||||
| KUVP 441 (juvenile postcranial skeleton) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Cloud County |
| Coordinates: | 39.5° North, 97.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.8° North, 62.5° 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 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Colorado | Formation: | Greenhorn Limestone | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "The remains are well preserved and uncrushed, suggesting preservation in non-laminated chalk or chalky limestone rather than shale or marl. This suggests the specimen is from the upper Greenhorn Limestone or lower Fairport Chalk, where non-laminated chalky limestone beds occur. Given that the Carlile Shale is not present in Cloud County, the specimen is likely from the upper Greenhorn Limestone" (Schumacher & Everhart 2005, p. 48). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | massive "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 | ||
| Collectors: | Mr C. Boyce | Collection dates: | 1909 |
| Collection method comments: KUVP collection | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | KUVP 441, Ogmodirus martini type locality | ||
| Database number: | 117817 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-09-27 02:34:48 | Last modified: | 2012-01-31 16:38:59 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-27 02:34:48 |
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 38181 | G. W. Storrs. 1999. An examination of Plesiosauria (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) from the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of Central North America. Paleontological Contributions of the University of Kansas 11:1-15 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
| 35369 | S. W. Williston and R. L. Moodie. 1917. Ogmodirus martinii, a new plesiosaur from the Cretaceous of Wyoming. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 10(2):61-73 [M. Carrano/H. Street/R. Benson] |