Columbus: Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian, Mississippi
collected by W. Spillman
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
- Chimaeriformes
- Edaphodontidae
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Eumylodus laqueatus n. gen., n. sp.
Leidy 1873
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Leidy 1873 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Desmatochelyidae
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Platecarpus tuberosus n. sp.
Cope 1872
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Cope 1872 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
recombined as Neptunochelys tuberosa | ||||||||||
humerus | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Platecarpus tympaniticus n. gen., n. sp.
Cope 1869
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Konishi et al. 2010 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
Holotype - ANSP 8484, 8487-88, 8491, 8558-59, 8562, all from one individual, includes a partial left surangular, right quadrate, partial right pterygoid, anterior dorsal vertebra, two cervical vertebrae, and partial basioccipital-basisphenoid complex. ANSP 8491, the partial right pterygoid, is currently missing. | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Hadrosauridae
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? Hadrosaurus sp.
Leidy 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
phalanx | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Hadrodus priscus n. gen., n. sp.
Leidy 1857
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Leidy 1873 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Mississippi | County: | Lowndes |
Coordinates: | 33.5° North, 88.4° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 36.2° North, 59.6° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | ||
Age range of interval: | 85.80000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Eutaw | Member: | Tombigbee Sand |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | green sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Spatial orientation: | random |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | mechanical,survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collectors: | W. Spillman |
Collection method comments: collected by Dr. William Spillman |
Metadata
Also known as: | Platecarpus type | ||
Database number: | 98972 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | H. Street, M. Carrano, E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-10-25 12:27:13 | Last modified: | 2016-09-16 13:18:38 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-10-25 12:27:13 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
53137. | J. Leidy. 1866. [The specimen of a large phalanx of an extinct reptile]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1866:9 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
34597 | E. D. Cope. 1869. On the reptilian orders Pythonomorpha and Streptosauria. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12:250-266 [M. Carrano/H. Street/M. Carrano] | |
64656 | E. D. Cope. 1872. A description of the genus Protostega, a form of extinct Testudinata. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12(86):422-433 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
33389 | T. Konishi and M. W. Caldwell. 2007. New specimens of Platecarpus planifrons (Cope, 1874) (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and a revised taxonomy of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):59-72 [M. Carrano/H. Street/P. Mannion] | |
34078 | T. Konishi, M. W. Caldwell, and G. L. Bell, Jr. 2010. Redescription of the holotype of Platecarpus tympaniticus Cope, 1869 (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae), and its implications for the alpha taxonomy of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5):1410-1421 [M. Carrano/H. Street] | |
11982 | J. Leidy. 1873. Part I. Contributions to the extinct vertebrate fauna of the western territories. In F. V. Hayden (ed.), Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories 1:1-358 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] | |
27182 | J. T. Thurmond and D. E. Jones. 1981. Fossil Vertebrates of Alabama 1-244 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |