The Pyramids, 1 mile north: Coniacian - Santonian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines
Ctenochelys procax (Hay 1905)
original and current combination Toxochelys procax
precise locality unknown, listed as Niobrara Fm., Kansas
Reptilia - Testudines - Toxochelyidae
Lophochelys natatrix n. gen., n. sp. Zangerl 1953
Lophochelys niobrarae n. sp. Zangerl 1953
precise locality unknown, listed as Niobrara Fm., Kansas
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Logan
Coordinates: 38.8° North, 100.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.3° North, 66.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Coniacian - Santonian
Age range of interval:89.80000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Colorado Formation:Niobrara
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:82002
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-07-20 11:23:20 Last modified:2019-09-19 21:44:57
Access level:the public Released:2008-07-20 11:23:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]