FHSM VP-16525
Coniasaurus crassidens (Owen, 1850)

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Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Coniasaurus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
crassidens
Class
Reptilia
Author
Owen
Order
Squamata
Year
1850
Family
Dolichosauridae
Collected by
Ewell, K.
Date Collected
2004-09-29
Identified By
Shimada, K.
Date Identified
2004-11-01
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skull; Isolated Teeth, (1)

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Trego
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Niobrara
Member
Smoky Hill
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 (1 of 1)

Shimada, K., Everhart, M.J. & Ewell, K.. 2007. A unique reptilian (large dolichosaurid lizard?) from the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 110:213-219