FHSM VP-16459
Polycotylidae (Williston, 1908)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
Phylum
ChordataSpecies
Class
ReptiliaAuthor
WillistonOrder
PlesiosauriaYear
1908Family
PolycotylidaeCollected by
Decker, P.;Decker, R.Date Collected
Identified By
Everhart, M.J.Date Identified
2005-12-21Type
Number of Pieces
>30Description
Skeleton; Partial Skeleton,Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
JewellRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
NiobraraMember
Fort HaysZone
Bed
Local Fauna
Chronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (3 of 3)
Kansas Academy of Science, . 2006. Abstracts of the 138th Annual Meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science, Wichita State University, April 7-8, 2006. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science , 109:247-267
Schmeisser, R.L., Gillette, D.D.. 2009. Unusual Occurrence of Gastroliths in a Polycotylid Plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Tropic Shale, Southern Utah. PALAIOS, 24:453-459
Everhart, M.J., 2006. The occurrence of Elasmosaurids (Reptilia: Plesiosauria) in Niobrara Chalk of Western Kansas. Paludicola, 5:170-183