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Elasmosauridae

Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, Yale Peabody Museum · 2016 · Vertebrate Paleontology specimen photograph (FossilSpecimen)

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Geological context: Cretaceous, Niobrara Fm, Fort Hays Ls Mbr. Collection locality: Jewell County, Kansas, USA. Collected by Benjamin F. Mudge, 1874-05-11. 27 vertebrae from throughout the column (some complete, most isolated centra or partial centra), associated spine and other vertebral fragments, numerous rib fragments, R scapula minus dorsal process, posterior flange of coracoid, L & R ilia, numerous small additional portions of the pectoral and pelvic girdles, various limb elements including the R femur, parts of other propodails, epipodials, mesopodials, metapodials and phalanges; VP number 1640; lot count 1; accn=YPM.00581; associatedwith=VP.059394.

Yale Peabody Museum’s own description
Subjects
Vertebrate PaleontologyFossilSpecimenAnimaliaChordataReptiliaSauropterygiaElasmosauridaeReptilesvertebrateschordatesanimalsCretaceous
Credit lineElasmosauridae (YPM VP 001640). Photograph by Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, Yale Peabody Museum. Yale Peabody Museum, Vertebrate Paleontology. CC0.
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