Smoky River, near Monument rocks: Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian, Kansas
collected by E. E. Slossen 1892
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Nyctosaurus sp.
Marsh 1876
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1 individual | |||||||||
| Snow Museum, Univ. Kansas, postcranial skeleton | ||||||||||
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= Nyctosaurus gracilis
Marsh 1876
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Williston 1903 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Gove |
| Coordinates: | 38.8° North, 100.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.7° North, 67.1° 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: | Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 89.80000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Colorado | Formation: | Niobrara | Member: | Smoky Hill Chalk |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Stratigraphical position within Smoky Hill Chalk member is uncertain | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow chalk |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | offshore indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | E. E. Slossen | Collection dates: | 1892 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 93390 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-18 01:26:41 | Last modified: | 2023-08-02 07:40:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-18 01:26:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31517. | S. W. Williston. 1892. Kansas pterodactyls 1. Kansas University Quarterly 1:1-13 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 31519 | S. W. Williston. 1903. On the osteology of Nyctosaurus (Nyctodactylus), with notes on American pterosaurs. Field Columbian Museum Publications, Geological Series 2:125-163 [R. Butler/R. Butler/M. Carrano] |