Also known as T. bonneri type
Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (43.4° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 49.5° N, 72.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Baculites maclearni and Baculites obtusus ammonoid zone, Sharon Springs Member (Pierre Shale Formation), Early/Lower Campanian to Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)
• 10 ft above Ardmore Bentonite
•In fact the Sharon Springs Member spans the Baculites mclearni and Baculites obtusus Zones in Wyoming (Gill et al. 1972)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. A. Adams. 1997. Trinacromerum bonneri, new species, last and fastest pliosaur of the Western Interior Seaway. Texas Journal of Science 49(3):179-198 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77312: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 08.01.2008, edited by Franco Aspromonte
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Martinectes bonneri n. gen. n. sp.
Martinectes bonneri n. gen. n. sp. Adams 1997 plesiosaur KUMNH 40002 (holotype, complete skeleton minus skull)
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