Where: Graham County, Kansas (39.4° N, 99.8° W: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 66.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Niobrara Formation), Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• Probably collected between Marker Units 15 and 19; upper part of member
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by B. F. Mudge in 1875; reposited in the YPM
Primary reference: O. C. Marsh. 1876. Notice of a new sub-order of Pterosauria. American Journal of Science 11:507-509 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93233: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 08.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Pteranodon comptus n. sp.
Pteranodon comptus n. sp. Marsh 1876 pterosaur YPM 2335, distal ends of tibiae, right tarsals and metatarsal fragment
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