FHSM VP-645
Sauropterygia (Owen, 1860)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
Class
Reptilia
Author
Owen
Order
Year
1860
Family
Collected by
Sternberg, G.F.
Date Collected
1956-03-13
Identified By
Walker, M.V.
Date Identified
1956-04-05
Type
Number of Pieces
2
Description
Limb; Propodial, partial

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Generic Kansas Niobrara Fm
Remarks
Western Interior Seaway Locality; cannot be georeferenced
Group
Colorado
Formation
Niobrara
Member
Smoky Hill
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
Santonian
Latest Age
Santonian
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone