FHSM VP-16356
Mosasauridae (Gervais, 1852)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
Class
Reptilia
Author
Gervais
Order
Squamata
Year
1852
Family
Mosasauridae
Collected by
Everhart, M.J.
Date Collected
2005-07-05
Identified By
Everhart, M.J.
Date Identified
2005-07-05
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
; Vertebra, partial, embedded tooth

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Gove
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)

Everhart, M.J., Ewell, K.. 2006. Shark-bitten dinosaur (Hadrosauridae) vertebrae from the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Coniacian) of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science , 109:27-35