6 mi S of Sheridan: Coniacian - Santonian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Liodon mudgei n. sp. Cope 1870
synonym of Platecarpus tympaniticus
Clidastes cineriarum n. sp. Cope 1870
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Sheridan
Coordinates: 39.4° North, 100.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.9° North, 66.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Coniacian - Santonian
Age range of interval:89.80000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:yellow chalk
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:199541
Authorizer:A. Dunhill Enterer:B. Allen
Modifier:P. Mannion
Created:2019-01-29 16:10:44 Last modified:2023-08-11 04:20:19
Access level:the public Released:2019-01-29 16:10:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
67821. E. D. Cope. 1870. On some species of Pythonomorpha from the Cretaceous beds of Kansas and New Mexico. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11(81):574-584 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen/M. Uhen]