central-west Trego County nodosaur (FHSM): Late Coniacian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Nodosauridae
1 specimen
FHSM VP-16385
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Trego
Coordinates: 38.9° North, 100.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.0° North, 58.8° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Coniacian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 6
Key time interval: Late Coniacian
Age range of interval: 89.8 - 85.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Colorado Formation:Niobrara Member:Smoky Hill Chalk
Local section:Smoky Hill Chalk Local bed:2
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: from near Hattin's marker bed 2
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:74174
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-07-26 13:57:15 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-07-26 13:57:15
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
24894.ETE K. Carpenter and M. J. Everhart. 2007. Skull of the ankylosaur Niobrarasaurus coleii (Ankylosauria: Nodosauridae) from the Smoky Hill Chalk (Coniacian) of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 110(1/2):1-9 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]