Where: Rift Valley, Kenya (4.3° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 13.8° S, 27.8° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lapurr sandstone or Turkana Grits Formation, Turonian to Turonian (93.9 - 70.6 Ma)
• Lapurr sandstone is also known as the "Turkana Grits"
•"An estimate of Late Cretaceous (Turonian-early Campanian) is based on comparisons with subsurface geological information and overall faunal composition." (O'Connor et al. 2011)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float),
• KNM-WT: Kenya National Museum, West Turkana
Primary reference: P. M. O'Connor, J. J. W. Sertich, and F. K. Manthi. 2011. A pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Lapurr sandstone, West Turkana, Kenya. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 83(1):309-315 [R. Butler/R. Butler]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 106492: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Richard Butler on 21.03.2011
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