FHSM VP-2209
Tylosaurus nepaeolicus (Cope, 1874)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
TylosaurusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
nepaeolicusClass
ReptiliaAuthor
CopeOrder
SquamataYear
1874Family
MosasauridaeCollected by
Eaves, B.Date Collected
Identified By
Walker, M.V.Date Identified
Type
Number of Pieces
913Description
; ,Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
RooksRemarks
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 4)
Lindgern, J., . 2005. The First Record of Hainosaurus (Reptilia: Mosasauridae) from Sweden. Journal of Paleontology, 79:1157-1165
Zietlow, Amelia R., 2020. Craniofacial ontogeny in Tylosaurinae. PeerJ. , 8:e10145
Everhart, M.J., 2002. New data on cranial measurements and body length of the mosasaur Tylosaurus nepaeolicus (Squamata: Mosasauridae), from the Niobrara Formation of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 105:33-43
Everhart, M.J., 2008. A bitten skull of Tylosaurus kansasensis (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and a review of mosasaur-on-mosasaur pathologies in the fossil record. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 111:251-262