MCZ Vertebrate Paleontology VPRA-1285

Kronosaurus queenslandicus Longman, 1924

Holotype of Eiectus longmani

Date Collected:

1932-07-00

Oceania: Australia | [Masked]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:VP:VPRA-1285 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Vertebrate Paleontology VPRA-1285 Description: Exhibit case C4 showing VPRA-1285 on exhibit at HMNH in Romer Hall.;

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Current Identification
Kronosaurus queenslandicus Longman, 1924
Animalia Chordata Reptilia Sauropterygia Plesiosauria Pliosauridae Brachaucheninae
Determiner: Alfred Sherwood Romer; Arnie D. Lewis in 1959
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identification
Eiectus longmani Noe and Gomez-Perez, 2022
sensu Noe and Gomez-Perez 2022
Animalia Chordata Sauropsida Plesiosauria Pliosauridae
Determiner: Leslie F. Noè; Marcela Gómez-Pérez on 2021-07-14
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ID Date based on publisher "Received" date for the earliest possible ID date.

White 1935, page 221, Figured of Kronosaurus queenslandicus Longman, 1924
Romer and Lewis 1959, page 1, Voucher of Kronosaurus queenslandicus Longman, 1924 Previously noted as a hypotype. Plesiotype?
Pick and Sloan 2004, page 69, Other Useful Citation of Kronosaurus queenslandicus Longman, 1924
Holland 2018, page 4, Voucher of Kronosaurus queenslandicus Longman, 1924 doi: 10.1080/02724634.2018.1511569 linked data icon
Naish 2022, page 138, Figured of Kronosaurus Longman, 1924 The caption notes how this specimen was identified in 2021 as Eiectus longmani. I continued to reference it as Kronosaurus due to the strong associated with the specimen at Harvard.
Noe and Gomez-Perez 2022, page 6, Holotype of Eiectus longmani Noe and Gomez-Perez, 2022 doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105122 linked data icon
Media type: text; Romer and Lewis 1959 Description: MCZ Breviora no. 112;

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Part Condition Disposition Count
ribs (fossil) good in collection 2 History (3)
ribs (fossil) good in collection >3 History (3)
ribs (fossil) good in collection 16 History
ribs (fossil) good in collection 12 History (3)
ribs (fossil) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: rib with conglomerate
ribs (fossil) good in collection 1 History
skeletal elements (fossil) good in collection 4 History
skeletal elements (fossil) good in collection 13 History
skeletal elements (fossil) good in collection >11 History (3)
skeletal elements (fossil) good in collection 9 History (3)
skeletal elements (fossil) good in collection 7 History
skeletal elements (fossil) good in collection >1 History (3)
skeletal elements (fossil) good in collection 5 History (3)
skeletal elements (fossil) good in collection 7 History (3)
skeletal elements (fossil) good in collection 9 History
skeletal elements (fossil) good in collection >1 History
skeleton (fossil) good on loan 1 History (4)
Remarks: on exhibit in Romer Hall
teeth (fossil) good in collection 2 History (5)
teeth (fossil) good in collection 1 History (3)
vertebrae (fossil - jacketed) fair being processed 1 History (7)
Remarks: at Concord Feild Station
vertebrae (fossil) good in collection 2 History (3)
vertebrae (replica - cast) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: cast of series of three caudal(?) vertebrae
vertebrae (replica - cast) good in collection 1 History (6)

  • None

  • None

  • White, T.E., Occ. Papers B.S.N.H. Vol. 8, p. 219 - 228, Pl. 9, Figs. 1 & 2, 1935;skeleton

  • None

  • Ocean:
  • Oceania
  • Country:
  • Australia
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7000490 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [Masked]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [Masked]
  • Verbatim Coordinates:
  • [Masked]
  • Eonothem/Eon:
  • Phanerozoic By: [No Agent]
  • Erathem/Era:
  • Mesozoic By: [No Agent]
  • Period/System:
  • Cretaceous By: [No Agent]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [Masked]
  • Microhabitat:
  • [Masked]
  • Georeference:
  • [Masked]
  • Verbatim Coordinates:
  • [Masked]
  • Collecting Method:
  • dynamite blast to extract the rock for bulk collection
  • Collecting Source:
  • rock/outcrop
  • Collected On:
  • 1932-07
  • Verbatim Date:
  • July 1932
  • Collector:
  • William Edward Schevilllinked data icon

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None
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