LACM 128319: Late/Upper Santonian, Kansas
collected by M. C. Bonner
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Platecarpus tympaniticus
Cope 1869
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LACM 128319 (near complete skeleton, including soft tissue) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Logan |
Coordinates: | 38.8° North, 100.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.1° North, 67.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Santonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 85.80000 - 83.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Colorado | Formation: | Niobrara | Member: | Smoky Hill Chalk |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Smoky Hill Chalk Member of the Niobrara Chalk Formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | chalk |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taphonomic analysis |
Collectors: | M. C. Bonner |
Collection method comments: Accessioned to the museum in April 1969 |
Metadata
Database number: | 118338 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | ||
Created: | 2011-10-12 22:50:07 | Last modified: | 2023-08-02 07:55:32 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-10-12 22:50:07 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
38119. | J. Lindgren, M. W. Caldwell, T. Konishi and L. M. Chiappe. 2010. Convergent evolution in aquatic tetrapods: insights from an exceptional fossil mosasaur. PLoS One 5(8):e11998 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
45082 | T. Konishi, J. Lindgren, M. W. Caldwell and L. Chiappe. 2012. Platecarpus tympaniticus (Squamata: Mosasauridae): osteology of an exceptionally preserved specimen and its insights into the acquisition of a streamlined body shape in mosasaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(6):1313-1327 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |