Oiteiro 28: Late/Upper Turonian, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Platecarpus sp. Cope 1869
MN 6940-V, isolated tooth crown
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil
Coordinates: 10.9° South, 37.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.0° South, 14.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Turonian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Turonian
Age range of interval:93.50000 - 89.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:142100
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:J. Tennant
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-04-05 02:39:10 Last modified:2013-04-04 10:39:10
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-05 02:39:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

46156. P. Bengtson and J. Lindgren. 2005. First record of the mosasaur Platecarpus Cope, 1869 from South America and its systematic implications. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 8(1):5-12 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/S. Nurnberg]