FHSM VP-13910
Selmasaurus johnsoni (Polcyn & Everhart, 2008)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
SelmasaurusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
johnsoniClass
ReptiliaAuthor
Polcyn & EverhartOrder
SquamataYear
2008Family
MosasauridaeCollected by
Everhart, M.J.;Johnson, S.Date Collected
1997-05-25Identified By
Kiernan, C.Date Identified
1992-06-21Type
Number of Pieces
310Description
Skeleton; Partial Skeleton,Locality
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)
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
Everhart, M.J., 2001. Revisions to the biostratigraphy of the Mosasauridae (Squamata) in the Smoky Hill Chalk member of the Niobrara Chalk (Late Cretaceous) of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 104:59-78
Place, A., 2020. A Comprehensive Review of the Morphological Diversity of the Quadrate Bone in Mosasauroids (Squamata: Mosasauroidea), with comments on the Homology of the Infrastapedial Process. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 40:e1879101