List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Tylosaurus dyspelor
(Cope 1870)
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nomen vanum belonging to Tylosaurus | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Scott |
Coordinates: | 38.5° North, 100.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.3° North, 66.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified chalk |
Lithology description: "slabs" of "chalk" | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Articulated whole bodies: | some |
Associated major elements: | none |
Disassociated major elements: | none |
Disassociated minor elements: | none |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | AMNH |
Collectors: | W. G. Bourne |
Metadata
Database number: | 85963 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2009-01-22 19:33:37 | Last modified: | 2011-06-15 17:29:18 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-01-22 19:33:37 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
29027. | H. F. Osborn. 1899. A complete mosasaur skeleton, osseous and cartilaginous. Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 1(4):165-188 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |