List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Platecarpus ictericus
(Cope 1870)
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synonym of Platecarpus tympaniticus | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
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Prionochelys galeotergum n. sp.
Zangerl 1953
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Zangerl 1953 | |||||||||
synonym of Prionochelys matutina | ||||||||||
Zangerl states the fossil is from Cove County, Kansas, with no more precise information, collected by Sternberg | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Gove |
Coordinates: | 39.0° North, 100.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.6° North, 66.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Articulated whole bodies: | all |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | C. Sternberg | Collection dates: | 1904 |
Collection method comments: The fossil is stored in the Roemer-Museum, Hildesheim, Germany |
Metadata
Database number: | 38720 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell, M. Uhen |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-05-01 02:38:08 | Last modified: | 2011-08-05 12:46:31 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-05-01 02:38:08 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
10412. | 5% 10340 | D. Thies and J. Vespermann. 1995. Die Mosasaurier des Roemer-Museums in Hildesheim. (The Mosasauridae of the Roemer Museum in Hildesheim). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 69(3/4):459-465 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
787 | R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part IV. The turtles of the family Toxochelyidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(4):145-277 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Mannion] |