FHSM VP-2218
Squamata (Oppel, 1811)

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Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
Class
Reptilia
Author
Oppel
Order
Squamata
Year
1811
Family
Collected by
Walker, M.V.
Date Collected
1967-07-23
Identified By
Walker, M.V.
Date Identified
1967-07-24
Type
Number of Pieces
2
Description
Vertebra; Unidentified, (2)

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Russell
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Carlile
Member
Fairport
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna

Chronostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

Earliest Era
Mesozoic
Latest Era
Mesozoic
Earliest Period
Cretaceous
Latest Period
Cretaceous
Earliest Epoch
Upper
Latest Epoch
Upper
Earliest Age
Santonian
Latest Age
Santonian
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone

Publications (2 of 2)

Everhart, M.J., Pearson, G.. 2014. An isolated squamate dorsal vertebra from the Late Cretaceous Greenhorn Formation of Mitchell County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science , 117:261-269
Polcyn, M.J., 2008. THE OLDEST NORTH AMERICAN MOSASAURS (SQUAMATA: MOSASAURIDAE) FROM THE TURONIAN (UPPER CRETACEOUS) OF KANSAS AND TEXAS WITH COMMENTS ON THE RADIATIONS OF MAJOR MOSASAUR CLADES. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting. , 3:137-155