FHSM VP-6618
Sauropterygia (Owen, 1860)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
Phylum
ChordataSpecies
Class
ReptiliaAuthor
OwenOrder
Year
1860Family
Collected by
Cox, M.Date Collected
1981-02Identified By
Zakrzewski, R.J.Date Identified
1981-03-01Type
Number of Pieces
300+Description
Skeleton; Partial Skeleton, ; ; Vertebra, partial spinal column; ; Rib, fragmentaryLocality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
RussellRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
GreenhornMember
PfeiferZone
Bed
Local Fauna
Chronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (2 of 2)
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
Schumacher, B.A., 2016. Polycotylus latipinnis Cope (Plesiosauria, Polycotylidae), a Nearly Complete Skeleton from the Niobrara Formation (Early Campanian) of Southwestern South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 36:e1031341