FHSM VP-18059
Enchodus shumardi (Leidy, 1856)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Enchodus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
shumardi
Class
Actinopterygii
Author
Leidy
Order
Aulopiformes
Year
1856
Family
Enchodontidae
Collected by
Shimada, K.
Date Collected
2012-07-04
Identified By
Shimada, K.
Date Identified
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skull; Palatine,

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Iowa
County
Plymoth
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Greenhorn
Member
Basal
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna
Upton

Chronostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

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

Publications (1 of 1)

Gorman, K.L., Shimada, K. & Witzke, B.J.. 2014. Late Cretaceous Marine Fishes from the Basal Green Horn Limestone in Western Iowa. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science , 117:91-99