FHSM VP-14782
Brachauchenius lucasi (Williston, 1903)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
BrachaucheniusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
lucasiClass
ReptiliaAuthor
WillistonOrder
PlesiosauriaYear
1903Family
PliosauridaeCollected by
Liggett, G.A.Date Collected
1995-03-01Identified By
Shimada, K.Date Identified
2003-01-28Type
Number of Pieces
2Description
Skull; Isolated Teeth,Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
RussellRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
Graneros/GreenhornMember
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna
ParadiseChronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (3 of 3)
Liggett, G.A., Shimada, K., Bennett, S.C., & Schumacher, B.A.. 2005. Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) reptiles from northwestern Russell County, Kansas. PaleoBios, 25:42995
Schumacher, B.A., Everhart, M.J. 2005. A stratigraphic and taxonomic review of plesiosaurs from the old "Fort Benton Group" of Central Kansas: a new assessment of old records. Paludicola, 5:33-54
Bell, A., 2011. Remains of small ornithurine birds from a Late Cretaceous (Cenomian) microsite in Russell County, north-central Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 114:115-123