Where: Logan County, Kansas (38.8° N, 101.1° W: paleocoordinates 41.4° N, 67.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Niobrara Formation), Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)
• "Cretaceous" (age assignment based on other Smoky Hill collections)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by O. Bonner in 1962
• Kansas University Vertebrate Paleontology collection
Primary reference: L. D. Martin and O. Bonner. 1977. An immature specimen of Baptornis advenus from the Cretaceous of Kansas. Auk 94(4):787-789 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 85278: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 09.12.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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