FHSM VP-698
Trinacromerum (Cragin, 1888)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
TrinacromerumPhylum
ChordataSpecies
Class
ReptiliaAuthor
CraginOrder
PlesiosauriaYear
1888Family
PolycotylidaeCollected by
Sternberg, G.F.Date Collected
1956-06-15Identified By
Schumacher, B.A.Date Identified
1956-07-12Type
Number of Pieces
1Description
Skeleton; Partial Skeleton, ; ; Rib, several fragments; Pelvic Girdle; Ilium, (2); ; Vertebra, ; Limb; Phalanx, severalLocality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
EllisRemarks
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 (2 of 2)
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
Schumacher, B.A., 2016. Polycotylus latipinnis Cope (Plesiosauria, Polycotylidae), a Nearly Complete Skeleton from the Niobrara Formation (Early Campanian) of Southwestern South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 36:e1031341