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    Taxonomy

    Plesiosaur vert

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Reptilia
    Order: Plesiosauria
    Family: indet
    Genus: indet
    Species: indet
    Author Citation de Blainville, 1835

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Cretaceous
    Epoch: Late
    International Age: Maastrichtian

    Stratigraphy

    PeeDee Formation
    Island Creek Member

    Provenance

    Collector: Don Rideout
    Date Collected: 12/02/2016
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Location

    Martin Marietta Quarry Castle Hayne
    New Hanover County
    North Carolina
    United States

    Comments

    A very rare find from North Carolina. As is most any dinosaur material. I am currently in the process of donating this vert to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, to become their first Plesiosaur vert from North Carolina in their collection.

    Go to fossils Amphibians & Reptiles

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    Ludwigia

    Way to go! Will they be doing a paper on it?

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    15 minutes ago, Ludwigia said:

    Way to go! Will they be doing a paper on it?

     

     

    Probably not. But one never knows.

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    JohnJ

    Don, I moved this entry from Dinosaurs to Amphibians & Reptiles.  ;)

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