ammonites
Kanopolis State Park tracksite (Cretaceous of the United States)

Also known as Visitor Center

Where: Ellsworth County, Kansas (38.6° N, 98.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 56.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dakota Formation, Albian (112.0 - 99.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collected by Ellis in 2002

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: G. A. Liggett. 2005. A review of the dinosaurs from Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 108(1/2):1-14 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 49042: authorized by Matt Carrano, entered by Matt Carrano on 06.04.2005, edited by Steven Miller