FHSM VP-2297
Tylosaurus (Marsh, 1872)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
TylosaurusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
Class
ReptiliaAuthor
MarshOrder
SquamataYear
1872Family
MosasauridaeCollected by
Walker, M.V.Date Collected
1968-12-04Identified By
Walker, M.V.Date Identified
1967-06-22Type
Number of Pieces
75Description
Skeleton; Partial Skeleton, ; ; Rib, ; Vertebra; Dorsal, ; Pectoral Girdle; Scapula,Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
EllisRemarks
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 (2 of 2)
Everhart, M.J., 2005. Earliest record of the genus Tylosaurus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Fort Hays Limestone (Lower Coniacian) of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 108:149-155
Everhart, M.J., Pearson, G.. 2014. An isolated squamate dorsal vertebra from the Late Cretaceous Greenhorn Formation of Mitchell County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science , 117:261-269