FHSM VP-12450
Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz, 1843)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Cretoxyrhina
Phylum
Chordata
Species
mantelli
Class
Chondrichthyes
Author
Agassiz
Order
Lamniformes
Year
1843
Family
Cretoxyrhinidae
Collected by
Shimada, K.;Bethel, G.
Date Collected
1992
Identified By
Shimada, K.
Date Identified
1993-09-14
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skull; Isolated Teeth, (1)

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Ellis
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Niobrara
Member
Fort Hays
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna
Ellis

Chronostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

Earliest Era
Mesozoic
Latest Era
Mesozoic
Earliest Period
Cretaceous
Latest Period
Cretaceous
Earliest Epoch
Upper
Latest Epoch
Upper
Earliest Age
Coniacian
Latest Age
Coniacian
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone

Publications (1 of 1)

Shimada, K., . 1996a. Selachians from the Fort Hays Limestone Member of the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous), Ellis County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 99:42750