Taxon
Pantosaurus striatus
Diagnosis
A small cryptocleidoid Plesiosaur possessing 35-40 cervical vertebrae. The cervical vertebrae are almost as long as they are wide, are waisted, and carry an elongate cervical rib articulation on a pedestal. Foramina subcentralia are small and placed closely together, articular faces of centra have well-ossified rims, and the ventral surface of each centrum carries fine striations near each articular face. Anterior neural spines are low, blade-like, and angled backward. Humerus with long, narrow shaft, radial articulation much longer than ulnar articulation; possessing an articulation for one supernumerary ossification in the epipodial row. Radius much longer and broader than ulna.
Fossils
Catalogue No
Collection
Specimen
Age
Oxfordian (Stage/Age)
Rock Unit
Redwater Shale
Locality
Carbon County
Pantosaurus striatus
Holotype
O'Keefe, F. Robin and Wahl, William (2003) Current taxonomic status of the plesiosaur Pantosaurus striatus from the Upper Jurassic Sundance Formation, Wyoming; Paludicila, 4(2), pp.48-68
Pantosaurus striatus
Holotype
Marsh, O. T. (1891) Geological horizons as determined by vertebrate fossils; American Journal of Science, 42, pp.336-338
Specimen
Age
Oxfordian (Stage/Age)
Rock Unit
Redwater Shale
Locality
Freezeout Hills
Pantosaurus striatus
Refered Specimen
O'Keefe, F. Robin and Wahl, William (2003) Current taxonomic status of the plesiosaur Pantosaurus striatus from the Upper Jurassic Sundance Formation, Wyoming; Paludicila, 4(2), pp.48-68
Specimen
Age
Oxfordian (Stage/Age)
Rock Unit
Redwater Shale
Locality
Natrona County
Pantosaurus striatus
Refered Specimen
O'Keefe, F. Robin and Wahl, William (2003) Current taxonomic status of the plesiosaur Pantosaurus striatus from the Upper Jurassic Sundance Formation, Wyoming; Paludicila, 4(2), pp.48-68