KANSAS
ELLIS COUNTY
FAIRPOT MEMBER
CARLILE SHALE
TURONIAN STAGE
UPPER GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWERMOST GULF EPOCH
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: LEPIDOSAUROMORPHA BENTON, 1983
SUBLEGION: LEPIDOSAURIA HAECKEL, 1866 (DUMERIL & BIBRON, 1839)
MAGNORDER: SQUAMATA, OPPEL, 1811
SUPERORDER: LACERTILIA OWEN, 1842
GRANDORDER: SCINCOGEKKONOMORPHA SUKHANOV, 1961
MICRORDER: SCINCOMORPHA CAMP, 1923
ORDER: ANGUIMORPHA FURBRINGER, 1900
SUBORDER: DIPLOGLOSSA COPE, 1864
INFRAORDER: THECAGLOSSA COPE, 1890
PARVORDER: MONSTERSAURIA NORELL & GAO, 1977
Superfamily: VARANOIDEA Gray, 1827 (sensu Camp, 1923)
Family: MOSASAURIDAE Gervais, 1853
Subfamily: DOLICHOSAURIDAE Gervais, 1852
Tribe: DOLICHOSAURINI Gervais, 1852
Coniasaurus crassidens.
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KANSAS
ELLIS COUNTY
LINCOLN LIMESTONE MEMBER
GREENHORN LIMESTONE
CENOMANIAN STAGE
UPPER GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWERMOST GULF EPOCH
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
_____________________________________________________________________________________SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: EURYAPSIDA COLBERT, 1945
SUPERORDER: SAUROPTERYGIA OWEN, 1860
GRANDORDER: EOSAUROPTERYGIA emend RIEPPEL, 1994
ORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
SUBORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
INFRAORDER: PLIOSAUROMORPHA NOVA
Superfamily: PLIOSAUROIDEA Seeley, 1874
Family: BRACHAUCHNEIIDAE Williston, 1925
Brachauchenius lucasi
KANSAS
ELLIS COUNTY
NEAR SCHOENCHEN
FENCEPORT QUARRY
PFIEFER SHALE MEMBER
GREENHORN LIMESTONE AND THE LOWERMOST PART OF THE FAIRPORT CHALK MEMBER
CARLILE SHALE
LOWER TURONIAN STAGE
UPPERMOST GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWER GULF EPOCH
LATE MIDDLE CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: AVES LINNAEUS, 1758
AVEBREVICAUDA PAUL, 2001
SUBCLASS: ODONTORNITHES MARSH, 1873
INFRACLASS: ODONTOTORMAE MARSH, 1880
ORDER: ICHTHYORNTHIFORMES MARSH, 1873
Family: ICHTHYORNITHIDAE Marsh, 1873
Ichthyornis sp
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KANSAS
ELLIS COUNTY
LOCALITY INFORMATIONI IS ON FILE AT FHSM
FAIRPORT CHALK
CARLILE SHALE
PRIONOCYCLUS HYATTI AMMONITE ZONE
TURONIAN STAGE
UPPERMOST GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWER GULF EPOCH
LATE CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: LEPIDOSAUROMORPHA BENTON, 1983
SUBLEGION: LEPIDOSAURIA HAECKEL, 1866 (DUMERIL & BIBRON, 1839)
MAGNORDER: SQUAMATA, OPPEL, 1811
SUPERORDER: LACERTILIA OWEN, 1842
GRANDORDER: SCINCOGEKKONOMORPHA SUKHANOV, 1961
MICRORDER: SCINCOMORPHA CAMP, 1923
ORDER: ANGUIMORPHA FURBRINGER, 1900
SUBORDER: DIPLOGLOSSA COPE, 1864
INFRAORDER: THECAGLOSSA COPE, 1890
PARVORDER: MONSTERSAURIA NORELL & GAO, 1977
Superfamily: VARANOIDEA Gray, 1827 (sensu Camp, 1923)
Family: MOSASAURIDAE Gervais, 1853
Infrafamily: NATANIA
Subfamily: PLATECARPINAE Williston, 1897
Tribe: PLIOPLATECARPINI Dollo, 1884 (sensu Russell, 1967)
Gen. sp indet.
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KANSAS
ELLIS COUNTY
LOCALITY INFORMATIONI IS ON FILE AT FHSM
UNCERTAIN
CONTACT BETWEEN THE CODELL SANDSTONE AND FORT HAYS LIMESTONE (= CARLILE-NIOBRARA CONTACT)
TURONIAN STAGE
UPPERMOST GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWER GULF EPOCH
LATE CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1903
INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: LEPIDOSAUROMORPHA BENTON, 1983
SUBLEGION: LEPIDOSAURIA HAECKEL, 1866 (DUMERIL & BIBRON, 1839)
MAGNORDER: SQUAMATA, OPPEL, 1811
SUPERORDER: LACERTILIA OWEN, 1842
GRANDORDER: SCINCOGEKKONOMORPHA SUKHANOV, 1961
MICRORDER: SCINCOMORPHA CAMP, 1923
ORDER: ANGUIMORPHA FURBRINGER, 1900
SUBORDER: DIPLOGLOSSA COPE, 1864
INFRAORDER: THECAGLOSSA COPE, 1890
PARVORDER: MONSTERSAURIA NORELL & GAO, 1977
Superfamily: VARANOIDEA Gray, 1827 (sensu Camp, 1923)
Family: MOSASAURIDAE Gervais, 1853
Infrafamily: NATANIA
Subfamily: PLATECARPINAE Williston, 1897
Tribe: PLIOPLATECARPINI Dollo, 1884 (sensu Russell, 1967)
Gen. sp indet.
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KANSAS
ELLIS COUNTY
IN A BLOCK OF BUILDING STONE BEING USED TO CONSTRUCT THE STADIUM ON FORT HAYS
STATE UNIVERSITY
MOST LIKELY THE BLOCK CAME FROM THE FENCEPOST LIMESTONE BED
GREENHORN LIMESTONE
LATE EARLY OR EARLY MIDDLE TURONIAN STAGE
UPPERMOST GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWER GULF EPOCH
LATE CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: EURYAPSIDA COLBERT, 1945
SUPERORDER: SAUROPTERYGIA OWEN 1860
GRANDORDER: EOSAUROPTERYGIA emend RIEPPEL, 1994
ORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
SUBORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
INFRAORDER: PLESIOSAUROMORPHA NOVA
EUPLESIOSAURIA O’KEEFE, 2001
Superfamily: CRYPTOCLEIDOIDEA Williston, 1925
TRICLEDIA O’KEEFE , 2001
Family: POLYCOTYLIDAE Cope, 1869
Trinacromerum bentonianum
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ELLIS COUNTY
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SALINE RIVER
NEAR THE TOP OF FORT HAYS LIMESTONE
NIOBRARA CHALK
LOWER CONIACIAN STAGE
LOWERMOST SENONIAN SUBEPOCH
GULF EPOCH
LATE CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
_____________________________________________________________________________________SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: LEPIDOSAUROMORPHA BENTON, 1983
SUBLEGION: LEPIDOSAURIA HAECKEL, 1866 (DUMERIL & BIBRON, 1839)
MAGNORDER: SQUAMATA, OPPEL, 1811
SUPERORDER: LACERTILIA OWEN, 1842
GRANDORDER: SCINCOGEKKONOMORPHA SUKHANOV, 1961
MICRORDER: SCINCOMORPHA CAMP, 1923
ORDER: ANGUIMORPHA FURBRINGER, 1900
SUBORDER: DIPLOGLOSSA COPE, 1864
INFRAORDER: THECAGLOSSA COPE, 1890
PARVORDER: MONSTERSAURIA NORELL & GAO, 1977
Superfamily: VARANOIDEA Gray, 1827 (sensu Camp, 1923)
Family: MOSASAURIDAE Gervais, 1853
Infrafamily: NATANIA
Subfamily: TYLOSAURINAE Williston, 1897
Tylosaurus sp
KANSAS
EAST-CENTRAL ELLIS COUNTY
MIDDLE FAIRPORT CHALK
CARLILE SHALE
EARLY MIDDLE TURONIAN STAGE
UPPERMOST GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWER GULF EPOCH
LATE CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: EURYAPSIDA COLBERT, 1945
SUPERORDER: SAUROPTERYGIA OWEN 1860
GRANDORDER: EOSAUROPTERYGIA emend RIEPPEL, 1994
ORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
SUBORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
INFRAORDER: PLESIOSAUROMORPHA NOVA
EUPLESIOSAURIA O’KEEFE, 2001
Superfamily: CRYPTOCLEIDOIDEA Williston, 1925
TRICLEDIA O’KEEFE , 2001
Family: POLYCOTYLIDAE Cope, 1869
Trinacromerum bentonianum
KANSAS
SOUTHEASTERN ELLIS COUNTY
NEAR THE TOWN OF PFEIFER
UPPERMOST PFIEFER MEMBER
GREENHORN LIMESTONE OR LOWER FAIRPORT CHALK MEMBER MEMBER
CARLILE SHALE
LATE EARLY OR EARLY MIDDLE TURONIAN STAGE
UPPERMOST GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWER GULF EPOCH
LATE CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: EURYAPSIDA COLBERT, 1945
SUPERORDER: SAUROPTERYGIA OWEN 1860
GRANDORDER: EOSAUROPTERYGIA emend RIEPPEL, 1994
ORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
SUBORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
INFRAORDER: PLESIOSAUROMORPHA NOVA
EUPLESIOSAURIA O’KEEFE, 2001
Superfamily: CRYPTOCLEIDOIDEA Williston, 1925
TRICLEDIA O’KEEFE , 2001
Family: POLYCOTYLIDAE Cope, 1869
Trinacromerum bentonianum
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KANSAS
ELLIS COUNTY
3 MILES EAST OF PFIEFER
CENOMANIAN STAGE
UPPER GALLIC SUBEPOCH
LOWEST GULF EPOCH
LATE EARLY TO EARLY MIDDLE CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: EURYAPSIDA COLBERT, 1945
SUPERORDER: SAUROPTERYGIA OWEN 1860
GRANDORDER: EOSAUROPTERYGIA emend RIEPPEL, 1994
ORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
SUBORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
INFRAORDER: PLESIOSAUROMORPHA NOVA
EUPLESIOSAURIA O’KEEFE, 2001
Superfamily: ELASMOSAUROIDEA Cope, 1869
Family: ELASMOSAURIDAE Cope, 1869
Incertae sedis
Gen. sp. indet.
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KANSAS
ELLIS COUNTY
LOW CHALK
NIOBRARA FORMATION
UPPER CONIACIAN STAGE
LOWERMOST SENONIAN SUBEPOCH
GULF EPOCH
LATE CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: LEPIDOSAUROMORPHA BENTON, 1983
SUBLEGION: LEPIDOSAURIA HAECKEL, 1866 (DUMERIL & BIBRON, 1839)
MAGNORDER: SQUAMATA, OPPEL, 1811
SUPERORDER: LACERTILIA OWEN, 1842
GRANDORDER: SCINCOGEKKONOMORPHA SUKHANOV, 1961
MICRORDER: SCINCOMORPHA CAMP, 1923
ORDER: ANGUIMORPHA FURBRINGER, 1900
SUBORDER: DIPLOGLOSSA COPE, 1864
INFRAORDER: THECAGLOSSA COPE, 1890
PARVORDER: MONSTERSAURIA NORELL & GAO, 1977
Superfamily: VARANOIDEA Gray, 1827 (sensu Camp, 1923)
Family: MOSASAURIDAE Gervais, 1853
Infrafamily: NATANIA
Subfamily: TYLOSAURINAE Williston, 1897
Tylosaurus kansasensis
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KANSAS
ELLIS COUNTY
8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELLIS
LOW CHALK
NIOBRARA FORMATION
UPPER CONIACIAN STAGE
LOWERMOST SENONIAN SUBEPOCH
GULF EPOCH
LATE CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: LEPIDOSAUROMORPHA BENTON, 1983
SUBLEGION: LEPIDOSAURIA HAECKEL, 1866 (DUMERIL & BIBRON, 1839)
MAGNORDER: SQUAMATA, OPPEL, 1811
SUPERORDER: LACERTILIA OWEN, 1842
GRANDORDER: SCINCOGEKKONOMORPHA SUKHANOV, 1961
MICRORDER: SCINCOMORPHA CAMP, 1923
ORDER: ANGUIMORPHA FURBRINGER, 1900
SUBORDER: DIPLOGLOSSA COPE, 1864
INFRAORDER: THECAGLOSSA COPE, 1890
PARVORDER: MONSTERSAURIA NORELL & GAO, 1977
Superfamily: VARANOIDEA Gray, 1827 (sensu Camp, 1923)
Family: MOSASAURIDAE Gervais, 1853
Infrafamily: NATANIA
Subfamily: TYLOSAURINAE Williston, 1897
*Tylosaurus kansasensis
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KANSAS
ELLIS COUNTY
MIDDLE FAIRPORT CHALK MEMBER
CARLILE FORMATION
MIDDLE TURONIAN
UPPER GALLIC FORMATION
LOWER GULF EPOCH
LATE CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: CHELONOMORPHA KUHN, 1960
SUPERCOHORT: TESTUDINES LINNAEUS, 1758
COHORT: CASICHELYDIA emend GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
MAGANORDER: CRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
SUPERORDER: SELMACRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY, HUTCHISON, JENKINS & MEEKR, 1987
GRANDORDER: DAIOCRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
MICRORDER: CENTROCRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
ORDER: POLYCRPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
SUBORDER: PROCOELOCRYPTODIRA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
INFRAORDER: CHELONOIDEA GAFFNEY & MEYLAN, 1988
Superfamily: EUCHELONIOIDEA Gaffney & Meylan, 1988
Family: DESMATOCHELIDAE Williston, 1894
Desmatochelys lowii
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: EURYAPSIDA COLBERT, 1945
SUPERORDER: SAUROPTERYGIA OWEN 1860
GRANDORDER: EOSAUROPTERYGIA emend RIEPPEL, 1994
ORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
SUBORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835
INFRAORDER: PLESIOSAUROMORPHA NOVA
EUPLESIOSAURIA O’KEEFE, 2001
Superfamily: CRYPTOCLEIDOIDEA Williston, 1925
TRICLEDIA O’KEEFE , 2001
Family: POLYCOTYLIDAE Cope, 1869
Trinacromerium bentonianum
= Dolichorhynchops sp
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KANSAS
ELLIS COUNTY
FAIRPORT CHALK LOCALITY
CARLILE FORMATION
MIDDLE TURONIAN
UPPER GALLIC FORMATION
LOWER GULF EPOCH
LATE CRETACEOUS
STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930
SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866
CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768
SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904
INFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985
LEGION: LEPIDOSAUROMORPHA BENTON, 1983
SUBLEGION: LEPIDOSAURIA HAECKEL, 1866 (DUMERIL & BIBRON, 1839)
MAGNORDER: SQUAMATA, OPPEL, 1811
SUPERORDER: LACERTILIA OWEN, 1842
GRANDORDER: SCINCOGEKKONOMORPHA SUKHANOV, 1961
MICRORDER: SCINCOMORPHA CAMP, 1923
ORDER: ANGUIMORPHA FURBRINGER, 1900
SUBORDER: DIPLOGLOSSA COPE, 1864
INFRAORDER: THECAGLOSSA COPE, 1890
PARVORDER: MONSTERSAURIA NORELL & GAO, 1977
Superfamily: VARANOIDEA Gray, 1827 (sensu Camp, 1923)
Family: MOSASAURIDAE Gervais, 1853
Incertae sedis
Gen. sp indet.
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