FHSM VP-16865
Pycnodontidae (Agassiz, 1835)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
Class
Actinopterygii
Author
Agassiz
Order
Pycnodontiformes
Year
1835
Family
Pycnodontidae
Collected by
Decker, R.
Date Collected
Identified By
Everhart, M.J.
Date Identified
2006-12-15
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skull; Jaw, jaw plate

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

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

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)

Everhart, M.J., 2007. Remains of a pycnodont fish (Actinopterygii: Pycnodontiformes) in a coprolite; an uppermost record of Micropycnodon kansasensis in the Smoky Hill Chalk, western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 110:35-43