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near Paradise Creek , Russell County, Kansas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 39.0986,-99.0369 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Kansas, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Russell County, Kansas, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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near Paradise Creek (KUVP) | Schumacher B. A., Everhart M. J. (2005) | Colorado - Carlile Shale - Fairport | "Carpenter (1996) considered the horizon of occurence to be the Fencepost Limestone bed, Pfeiffer SHale Member of the Greenhorn Limestone. In this instance, in contrast of the usual practice of the day, Mudge recorded the quarter section from which he collected the specimen. The liocation was visited in 2003, and the only exposures hereare of the middle Fairport Chalk Member, Carlile Shale" (Schumacher & Everhart 2005, p. 47). | not reported | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Trinacromerum bentonianum species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Polycotylidae : Trinacromerum : Trinacromerum bentonianum | 93.5 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
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 2, 33-54 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!