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2 miles west of Holyrood , Ellsworth County, Kansas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 38.5833,-98.45 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | stated in text |
Given Location | Kansas, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Ellsworth County, Kansas, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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2 miles west of Holyrood (USNM) | Everhart M. J. (2007) | Colorado - Greenhorn Limestone - Lincoln Limestone | not reported | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Squalicorax falcatus species | Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Anacoracidae : Squalicorax : Squalicorax falcatus | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Cretoxyrhina mantelli species | Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Lamniformes : Cretoxyrhinidae : Cretoxyrhina : Cretoxyrhina mantelli | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Elasmosauridae family | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Sauropterygia : Brimosaurus : Elasmosauridae | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Calycoceras sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Calycoceras | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Everhart M. J. (2007) Use of archival photographs to rediscover the locality of the Holyrood elasmosaur (Ellsworth County, Kansas), Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 110 1-2, 135-143 |
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!