Where: Graham County, Kansas (39.3° N, 99.9° W: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 66.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Niobrara Formation), Late/Upper Coniacian to Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• "Upper Cretaceous" (age based on strat unit)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: soft parts
Collected by H. T. Martin in 1894
• KUVP collection
Primary reference: L. D. Martin. 1984. A new hesperornithid and the relationships of the Mesozoic birds. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 87(3/4):141-150 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85238: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.12.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Parahesperornis alexi n. gen. n. sp.
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