FHSM VP-7262
Tylosaurus nepaeolicus (Cope, 1874)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
TylosaurusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
nepaeolicusClass
ReptiliaAuthor
CopeOrder
SquamataYear
1874Family
MosasauridaeCollected by
Zakrzewski, R.J.Date Collected
1984-07-11Identified By
Zakrzewski, R.J.Date Identified
1984-10-05Type
Number of Pieces
1342Description
Skull; Partial Skull, ; Skull; Teeth, associated; Skull; Cranium, fragmentaryLocality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
GoveRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
NiobraraMember
Smoky HillZone
Bed
Local Fauna
UticaChronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (3 of 4)
Zietlow, Amelia R., 2020. Craniofacial ontogeny in Tylosaurinae. PeerJ. , 8:e10145
Everhart, M.J., 2001. Revisions to the biostratigraphy of the Mosasauridae (Squamata) in the Smoky Hill Chalk member of the Niobrara Chalk (Late Cretaceous) of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 104:59-78
Everhart, M.J., 2002. New data on cranial measurements and body length of the mosasaur Tylosaurus nepaeolicus (Squamata: Mosasauridae), from the Niobrara Formation of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 105:33-43
Everhart, M.J., 2008. A bitten skull of Tylosaurus kansasensis (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and a review of mosasaur-on-mosasaur pathologies in the fossil record. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 111:251-262