Hell Creek: Santonian, Kansas
collected by Judge E. P. West, University of Kansas 1890
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Elasmosauridae
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Cimoliasaurus snowii n. gen., n. sp.
(Williston 1890)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Cimoliosaurus snowii | ||||||||||
KUVP 1301 (holotype) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Logan County |
Coordinates: | 38.8° North, 100.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.0° North, 67.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | Judge E. P. West, University of Kansas | Collection dates: | 1890 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Styxosaurus snowii type locality | ||
Database number: | 116624 | ||
Authorizer: | R. Benson | Enterer: | R. Benson |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-09-10 00:17:22 | Last modified: | 2023-08-02 07:54:12 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-09-10 00:17:22 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
35372. | S. W. Williston. 1890. A new plesiosaur from the Niobrara Cretaceous of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 12:174-178 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |
Secondary references:
38181 | G. W. Storrs. 1999. An examination of Plesiosauria (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) from the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of Central North America. Paleontological Contributions of the University of Kansas 11:1-15 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
37561 | S. P. Welles. 1943. Elasmosaurid plesiosaurs with description of new material from California and Colorado. Memoirs of the University of California 13:125-254 [R. Benson/R. Benson] | |
35614 | ETE | S. W. Williston. 1903. North American plesiosaurs, part 1. Geological Series Field Museum of Natural History 3(1):1-77 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |
26148 | ETE | S. W. Williston. 1906. North American plesiosaurs: Elasmosaurus, Cimoliasaurus, and Polycotylus. The American Journal of Science, series 4 21:221-236 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |