FHSM VP-14855
Niobrarasaurus coleii (Mehl, 1936)

FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855
FHSM VP-14855

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Niobrarasaurus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
coleii
Class
Reptilia
Author
Mehl
Order
Ornithischia
Year
1936
Family
Nodosauridae
Collected by
Cole, V.
Date Collected
1923/1924
Identified By
Everhart, M.J.
Date Identified
2003-01-21
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skeleton; Partial Skeleton, ; Dermal Bone; Osteoderm, ; ; Vertebra, ; Limb; Humerus, ; Limb; Femur,

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 (3 of 8)

Carpenter, K., 2007. Skull of the ankylosaur Niobrarasaurus coleii (Ankylosauria: Nodosauridae) from the Smoky Hill Chalk (Coniacian) of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 110:2017-01-08
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
Everhart, M.J., Hamm, S.A.. 2005. A new nodosaur specimen (Dinosauria: Nodosauridae) from the Smoky Hill Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science , 108:15-21
Kansas Academy of Science, . 2015. Abstracts of the 147th Annual Meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas, March 27-28, 2015. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science , 118:133-163
Liggett, G.A., . 2005. A review of the dinosaurs of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 108:42749
Cole, V.B., 2007. Field Notes Regarding the 1930 Discovery of the Type Specimen of Niobrarasaurus coleii, Gove County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 110:132-134
Everhart, M.J., 2004. Notice of the Transfer of the Holotype Specimen of Niobrarasaurus coleiii (Ankylosauria; Nodosauridae) to the Sternberg Museum of Natural History. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 107:173-174
Everhart, M.J., 2006. The occurrence of Elasmosaurids (Reptilia: Plesiosauria) in Niobrara Chalk of Western Kansas. Paludicola, 5:170-183