FHSM VP-15722
Coniasaurus crassidens (Owen, 1850)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Coniasaurus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
crassidens
Class
Reptilia
Author
Owen
Order
Squamata
Year
1850
Family
Dolichosauridae
Collected by
Ewell, K.
Date Collected
2001-10-21
Identified By
Everhart, M.J.
Date Identified
2004-10-27
Type
Number of Pieces
3
Description
Vertebra; Unidentified, (3)

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Ellis
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Carlile
Member
Fairport
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
Turonian
Latest Age
Turonian
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone

Publications (1 of 1)

McIntosh, A.P., Shimada, K. & Everhart, M.J.. 2016. Late Cretaceous marine vertebrate fauna from the Fairpoint Chalk member of the Carlile Shale in southern Ellis County, Kansas, USA. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 119:222-230