FHSM VP-16462
Squamata (Oppel, 1811)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
Class
Reptilia
Author
Oppel
Order
Squamata
Year
1811
Family
Collected by
Decker, P.;Decker, R.
Date Collected
Identified By
Everhart, M.J.
Date Identified
2005-12-21
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Vertebra; Dorsal, (1)

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Jewell
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Niobrara
Member
Fort Hays
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
Coniacian
Latest Age
Coniacian
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone

Publications (1 of 1)

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