Elasmosaurus sternbergi type locality, Gove County: Santonian, Kansas
collected by Mr Charles Sternberg 1895
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Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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Elasmosaurus sternbergi n. sp.
Williston 1906
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1 individual | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Elasmosauridae | ||||||||||
KUVP specimen (holotype, two dorsal vertebrae and some additional fragments) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Gove County |
Coordinates: | 38.9° North, 100.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.2° North, 67.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Santonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Colorado | Formation: | Niobrara | Member: | Smoky Hill Chalk |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "Yellow Chalk" (Williston 1906, p. 232)
"Smoky Hill Chalk Member" (Storrs 1999, p. 5) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | yellow chalk |
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 Charles Sternberg | Collection dates: | 1895 |
Collection method comments: KUVP collection |
Metadata
Database number: | 117843 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-09-27 21:07:32 | Last modified: | 2012-01-31 16:06:07 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-27 21:07:32 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
26148. | ETE | S. W. Williston. 1906. North American plesiosaurs: Elasmosaurus, Cimoliasaurus, and Polycotylus. The American Journal of Science, series 4 21:221-236 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
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] |