FHSM VP-15632
Tylosaurus kansasensis (Everhart, 2005)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
TylosaurusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
kansasensisClass
ReptiliaAuthor
EverhartOrder
SquamataYear
2005Family
MosasauridaeCollected by
Everhart, P.A.Date Collected
1990-06-16Identified By
Everhart, M.J.Date Identified
2004-08-13Type
Number of Pieces
1Description
Skeleton; Partial Skeleton, partial skeleton, vertebrae, maxilla, quadratesLocality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
GoveRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
NiobraraMember
Smoky HillZone
Bed
Local Fauna
Chronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (3 of 3)
Everhart, M.J., 2005. Tylosaurus kansasensis, a new species of tylosaurine (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas, USA. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 84:231-240
Konishi, T., Jimenez-Huidobro, P., Caldwell, M.W. 2018. The smallest-known neonate individual of Tylosaurus (Mosasauridae, Tylosaurinae) sheds new light on the tylosaurine rostrum and heterochrony. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 38:1-11
Zietlow, Amelia R., 2020. Craniofacial ontogeny in Tylosaurinae. PeerJ. , 8:e10145