near Butte Creek: Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian, Kansas
collected by Cope 1871
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Protostegidae
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Protostega gigas n. gen., n. sp.
Cope 1871
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| AMNH 1503, partial skeleton | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Logan |
| Coordinates: | 38.8° North, 100.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.7° North, 67.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 89.80000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Colorado | Formation: | Niobrara | Member: | Smoky Hill Chalk |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow chalk |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | AMNH | ||
| Collectors: | Cope | Collection dates: | 1871 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Protostega gigas type locality | ||
| Database number: | 203740 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-08-23 08:29:19 | Last modified: | 2023-08-02 07:41:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-08-23 08:29:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23676. | ETE | E. D. Cope. 1871. [A brief account of the expedition of seventeen days, which I have just made in the valley of the Smoky Hill river in Kansas]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12(86):174-176 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |