B. F. Mudge collection: Early/Lower Coniacian - Santonian, Kansas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Hesperornithiformes
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Hesperornis sp.
Marsh 1872
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| YPM 1478 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Ichthyornis cf. dispar
Marsh 1872
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| YPM 6264 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Kansas | County: | Wallace County |
| Coordinates: | 39.0° North, 101.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.0° North, 67.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 | ||
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Coniacian - Santonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 89.80000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| 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: | 13301 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Hunter | Enterer: | J. Hunter |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-02-20 08:39:29 | Last modified: | 2023-08-02 07:48:09 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-02-20 08:39:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4419. | 5% 30440 | P. D. Gingerich. 1972. A new partial mandible of Ichthyornis. The Condor 74(4):471-473 [J. Hunter/J. Hunter/J. Hunter] |