FHSM VP-18916
Mosasauridae (Gervais, 1852)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
Class
Reptilia
Author
Gervais
Order
Squamata
Year
1852
Family
Mosasauridae
Collected by
Kline, G.
Date Collected
2016-06-24
Identified By
Everhart, M.J.
Date Identified
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Vertebra; Unidentified, (1)

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Mitchell
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Carlile
Member
Blue Hill
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna

Chronostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

Earliest Era
Mesozoic
Latest Era
Mesozoic
Earliest Period
Cretaceous
Latest Period
Cretaceous
Earliest Epoch
Latest Epoch
Earliest Age
Latest Age
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