Northeast of Shell: Oxfordian, Wyoming
collected by F. R. O'Keefe 2005
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
- Cryptoclididae
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Pantosaurus striatus
(Marsh 1891)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| USNM 536965 | ||||||||||
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Tatenectes laramiensis
(Knight 1900)
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O'Keefe et al. 2011 | |||||||||
| USNM 536976 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Big Horn |
| Coordinates: | 44.6° North, 107.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.0° North, 51.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
| Stage: | Oxfordian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Oxfordian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 161.50000 - 154.80000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | transgressive |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | preferred |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Abundance in sediment: | rare |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection size: | 1 individuals | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | F. R. O'Keefe | Collection dates: | 2005 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 103921 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | H. Street, J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | J. Tennant | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-02-03 08:14:31 | Last modified: | 2013-02-20 14:29:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-03 08:14:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35011. | F. R. O'Keefe and W. Wahl, Jr. 2003. Current taxonomic status of the plesiosaur Pantosaurus striatus from the Upper Jurassic Sundance Formation, Wyoming. Paludicola 4(2):37-46 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |
Secondary references:
| 45095 | F. R. O'Keefe, H. P. Street, B. C. Wilhelm, C. D. Richards, and H. Zhu. 2011. A new skeleton of the cryptoclidid plesiosaur Tatanectes laramiensis reveals a novel body shape among plesiosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(2):330-339 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |