FHSM VP-13997
Brachauchenius lucasi (Williston, 1903)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
BrachaucheniusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
lucasiClass
ReptiliaAuthor
WillistonOrder
PlesiosauriaYear
1903Family
PliosauridaeCollected by
Liggett, G.A.Date Collected
1995-03-01Identified By
Shimada, K.Date Identified
2006-06-27Type
Number of Pieces
90+Description
Limb; Phalanx,Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
RussellRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
GranerosMember
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna
Chronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (3 of 3)
Liggett, G.A., Shimada, K., Bennett, S.C., & Schumacher, B.A.. 2005. Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) reptiles from northwestern Russell County, Kansas. PaleoBios, 25:42995
Schumacher, B.A., Everhart, M.J. 2005. A stratigraphic and taxonomic review of plesiosaurs from the old "Fort Benton Group" of Central Kansas: a new assessment of old records. Paludicola, 5:33-54
Albright, L.B., 2007. Plesiosaurs from the upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Tropic Shale of southern Utah, Part 1: new records of the pliosaur Brachauchenius lucasi. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27:31-40