KANSAS

SOUTHWESTERN ELLSWORTH COUNTY

2 MILES WEST OF HOLYROOD

BASAL LINCOLN LIMESTONE MEMBER

GREENHORN LIMESTONE

MIDDLE CENOMANIAN STAGE

UPPER MIDDLE 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: PLESIOSAUROMORPHA NOVA

EUPLESIOSAURIA O’KEEFE, 2001

Superfamily: ELASMOSAUROIDEA Cope, 1869

Family: ELASMOSAURIDAE Cope, 1869

*Plesioelasmosaurus walkeri

 

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KANSAS

ELLSWORTH COUNTY

NEAR SMOKEY HILL RIVER

KIOWA FORMATION

DAKOTA SANDSTONE

ALBIAN STAGE

MIDDLE GALLIC SUBEPOCH

UPPER EARLY CRETACEOUS EPOCH

EARLY CRETACEOUS

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

SUPERLEGION: NEODIAPSIDA BENTON, 1985

LEGION: ARCHOSAUROMORPHA HUENE, 1946

SUPERCOHORT: CRUROTARSI SERENO & ARCUCCI, 1990

COHORT: CROCODYLOTARSI BENTON & CLARK, 1988

MAGNORDER: SUCHIA KREBS, 1974

SUPERORDER: CROCODYLOMORPHA WALKER, 1968

GRANDORDER: CROCODILIFORMES HAY, 1930

MICRORDER: MESOEUROCROCODYLIA WHETSTONE & WHYBROW, 1983

ORDER: MESOSUCHIA EMEND HUXLEY, 1875

PARVORDER: METASUCHIA BENTON & CLARK, 1988

INFRAORDER: METAMESOSUCHIA HULKE, 1878

NEOSUCHIA CLARK, IN BENTON & CLARK, 1988

Family: GONIOPHOLIDIDAE Cope, 1875

Dakotasuchus kingi

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KANSAS

ELLSWORTH COUNTY

NEAR THOMPSON’S CREEK

DAKOTA SANDSTONE

EARLY CRETACEOUS

ICHNOSTEM: TETRAPODIPIDA NOVA

ICHNOSUPERCLASS: AMNIOTAIPIDII NOVA

INCHNOCLASS: AVIPEDIA VIALOV, 1966

Incertae sedis

Gen. sp indet.

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KANSAS

ELLSWORTH COUNTY

KANOPOLIS VISITOR CENTER

KANOPOLIS STATE PARK

DAKOTA FORMATION

LATE CRETACEOUS

ICHNOSTEM: TETRAPODIPIDA NOVA

ICHNOSUPERCLASS: AMNIOTAIPIDII NOVA

ICHNOCLASS: REPTILIPEDIA VIALOV, 1966

ICHNOSUBCLASS: DIAPSIDIPIDII NOVA

ICHNOSTEM-GROUP: NEODIAPSIDIPEDII NOVA

ICHNOINFRACLASS: NEODIAPSIDIPEDII NOVA

ICHNOSUBDIVISION: ARCHOSAURIPEDIDII NOVA

ICHNOLEGION: DINOSAUROMORPHIPEDA NOVA

ICHNOSUBLEGION: DINOSAURIFORMEIPEDIDII NOVA

ICHNOSUPERCOHORT: DINOSAUROPEDIDA NOVA

ICHNOCOHORT: THEROPODIPEDIA NOVA

INCERTAE SEDIS

Gen. sp indet.

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KANSAS

ELLSWORTH COUNTY

NEAR ELLSWORTH

MIDDLE CENOMANIAN STAGE

UPPER MIDDLE GALLIC SUBEPOCH

LOWERMOST GULF EPOCH

MIDDLE CRETACEOUS-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: ELASMOSAUROIDEA Cope, 1869

Family: ELASMOSAURIDAE Cope, 1869

Incertae sedis

Gen. sp. indet.

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