north side, Smoky Hill River, 5 mi W Russell Springs: Santonian, Kansas
collected by Marsh 1870, 1871
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Iaceornis marshi n. sp.
Clarke 2004
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Marsh 1880 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Apartonis celer (YPM 1451, and YPM 1734) | ||||||||||
Pterodactylus oweni n. sp.
Marsh 1871
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1 specimen | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Pteranodon | ||||||||||
YPM 1160 (lectotype), right metacarpal IV, broken proximal end of wing phalanx 1, distal end of wing phalanx 2, and fragments | ||||||||||
Pterodactylus ingens n. sp.
Marsh 1872
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1 specimen | |||||||||
nomen dubium belonging to Pteranodon | ||||||||||
YPM 1170 (lectotype), distal ends of radius and ulna, proximal and distal ends of metacarpal IV, shaft and distal end of wing phalanx 1 and fragments | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Logan |
Coordinates: | 38.9° North, 101.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.3° North, 67.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
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: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Specimen probably collected between Marker Units 18 and 20 (Bennett 1991, 1994); upper part of member |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray "shale" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "gray shale" | |
Environment: | offshore indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | YPM | ||
Collectors: | Marsh | Collection dates: | November 1870, 1871 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Pteranodon occidentalis/oweni, Pterandon ingens holotypes | ||
Database number: | 93217 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Butler, M. Uhen | Enterer: | R. Butler, F. Villegas-Garin |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-01-08 05:10:44 | Last modified: | 2023-08-02 07:49:39 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-08 05:10:44 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
31512. | O. C. Marsh. 1872. Discovery of additional remains of Pterosauria, with descriptions of two new species. American Journal of Science, Series 3 3:241-248 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
31608 | S. C. Bennett. 1991. Morphology of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon and systematics of the Pterodactyloidea. University of Kansas. 1-680 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
31085 | S. C. Bennett. 1994. Taxonomy and systematics of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea). Occasional Papers of the Natural History Museum of the University of Kansas 169:1-70 [R. Butler/R. Butler] | |
38775 | J. A. Clarke. 2004. Morphology, phylogenetic taxonomy, and systematics of Ichthyornis and Apatornis (Avialae: Ornithurae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 286:1-179 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
26575 | ETE | O. C. Marsh. 1880. Odontornithes: A monograph on the extinct toothed birds of North America. Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, made by order of the Secretary of War according to acts of Congress of March 2, 1867, and March 3, 1869, under the direction of Brig. and Bvt. Major General A. A. Humphreys, Chief of Engineers by Clarence King, U.S. Geologist. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 7:1-201 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
31609 | R. M. Schoch. 1984. Notes on the type specimens of Pteranodon and Nyctosaurus (Pterosauria, Pteranodontidae) in the Yale Peabody Museum collections. Postilla 194:1-23 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |