FHSM VP-17299
Plesiosauria (de Blainville, 1835)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
Phylum
ChordataSpecies
Class
ReptiliaAuthor
de BlainvilleOrder
PlesiosauriaYear
1835Family
Collected by
Everhart, M.J.Date Collected
2008-06-07Identified By
Everhart, M.J.Date Identified
2008-10-17Type
Number of Pieces
29Description
; Rib, fragments; ; Vertebra,Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
MitchellRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
CarlileMember
Blue HillZone
Bed
Local Fauna
Chronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (3 of 3)
Everhart, M.J., 2009. Probable plesiosaur remains from the Blue Hill Shale (Carlile Formation; middle Turonian) of north central Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 112:215-221
Everhart, M.J., . 2016. Note on the rare occurrence of mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) remains in the Blue Hill Shale (Middle Turonian) of Mitchell County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science , 119:375-380
Shimada, K., Everhart, M.J. 2019. A new large Late Cretaceous lamniform shark from North America, with comments on the taxonomy, paleoecology, and evolution of the genus Cretodus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 39: