1 mile W of Bogue: Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian, Kansas
collected by Sternberg 1952
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Pteranodon sternbergi n. sp.
Harksen 1966
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1 individual | |||||||||
| FHSM 339 (formerly) 5426, skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Graham |
| Coordinates: | 39.4° North, 99.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.0° North, 65.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 89.80000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Niobrara | Member: | Smoky Hill Chalk | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Approximately Marker Bed 4 of the lower Smoky Hill Chalk | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | offshore indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Sternberg | Collection dates: | 1952 |
| Collection method comments: FHKM: Fort Hays Kansas State College Natural History Museum | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Pteranodon sternbergi holotype | ||
| Database number: | 93383 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | R. Butler |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-17 08:51:26 | Last modified: | 2012-01-31 15:56:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-17 08:51:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31603. | J. C. Harksen. 1966. Pteranodon sternbergi, a new fossil pterodactyl from the Niobrara Cretaceous of Kansas. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science 45:74-77 [R. Butler/R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 31085 | S. C. Bennett. 1994. Taxonomy and systematics of the Late Cretaceous pterosaur Pteranodon (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea). Occasional Papers of the Natural History Museum of the University of Kansas 169:1-70 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |