FHSM VP-404
Dolichorhynchops osborni (Williston, 1902)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
DolichorhynchopsPhylum
ChordataSpecies
osborniClass
ReptiliaAuthor
WillistonOrder
PlesiosauriaYear
1902Family
PolycotylidaeCollected by
Bonner, O.W.;Bonner, M.C.Date Collected
1955-12-01Identified By
Walker, M.V.Date Identified
1957Type
Number of Pieces
1Description
Skeleton; Partial Skeleton, near complete; Skull; Complete Skull, with teeth; Skull; Teeth,Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
LoganRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
NiobraraMember
Smoky HillZone
Bed
Local Fauna
Chronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (3 of 14)
Everhart, M.J., 2004. New data regarding the skull of Dolichorhynchops osborni (Plesiosauroidea: Polycotylidae) from rediscovered photos of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology specimen.. Paludicola, 4:74-80
Everhart, M.J., 2004. Plesiosaurs as the food of mosasaurs; new data on the stomach contents of a Tylosaurus prorigor (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Niobrara Formation of western Kansas. The Mosasaur, 7:41-46
O'Keefe, F.R., . 2004. On the Cranial Anatomy of the Polycotylid Plesiosaurs, Including New Material of Polycotylus latipinnus, Cope from Alabama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 24:326-340
O'Keefe, F.R., . 2008. Cranial Anatomy and Taxonomy of Dolichorhyncops bonneri New Combination, a Polycotylid (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the Pierre Shale of Wyoming and South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28:664-676
Sato, T., Wu, X., Tirabasso, A., & Bloskie, P.. 2011. Braincase of a Polycotylid Plesiosaur (Reptilia:Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Manitoba, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31:313-329
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
Schumacher, B.A., . 2008. On the Skull of a Pliosaur (Plesiosauria; Pliosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Early Turonian) of the North American Western Interior. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 111:203-218
Schumacher, B.A., Carpenter, K. & Everhart, M.J.. 2013. A new Cretaceous pliosaurid (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Carlile Shale (Middle Turonian) of Russell County, Kansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33:613-628
Schumacher, B.A., 2016. Polycotylus latipinnis Cope (Plesiosauria, Polycotylidae), a Nearly Complete Skeleton from the Niobrara Formation (Early Campanian) of Southwestern South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 36:e1031341
Albright, L.B., 2007. Plesiosaurs from the upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Tropic Shale of southern Utah, Part 2: Polycotylidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27:41-58
Benson, R.B.J., 2015. The Anatomy of Stratesaurus (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Lowermost Jurassic of Somerset, United Kingdom. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 35:e933739 (26 pages)
Carpenter, K., 1997. Comparative cranial anatomy of two North American Cretaceous plesiosaurs. Ancient Marine Reptiles (J.M. Callaway & E.L. Nicholls, eds.), New York, Academic Press, :191-216
Carpenter, K., 2010. Plesiosaur Swimming as Interpreted from Skeletal Analysis and Experimental Results. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 113:1-34
Everhart, M.J., 2003. First records of plesiosaur remains in the lower Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Upper Coniacian) of the Niobrara Formation in western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 106:139-148