FHSM VP-2150
Sauropterygia (Owen, 1860)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
Phylum
ChordataSpecies
Class
ReptiliaAuthor
OwenOrder
Year
1860Family
Collected by
Date Collected
Identified By
Walker, M.V.Date Identified
1962-12-06Type
Number of Pieces
9Description
Skeleton; Partial Skeleton, ; ; Vertebra, (~5)Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
NessRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
Carlile/GreenhornMember
Fairport/FencepostZone
Bed
Local Fauna
Chronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (1 of 1)
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