FHSM VP-13907
Plesioplatecarpus planifrons (Cope, 1872)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
PlesioplatecarpusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
planifronsClass
ReptiliaAuthor
CopeOrder
SquamataYear
1872Family
MosasauridaeCollected by
Everhart, M.J.Date Collected
1990-05-05Identified By
Bell, G.L.Date Identified
1990-05-05Type
Number of Pieces
260Description
Skeleton; Partial Skeleton,Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
LaneRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
NiobraraMember
Smoky HillZone
Bed
Local Fauna
Bentley RanchChronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (2 of 2)
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, . 2001. Abstracts of Papers. Sixty-first Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 21:1A-25A, 27A-117A
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