FHSM VP-18451
Ptychodus whipplei (Marcou, 1853)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Ptychodus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
whipplei
Class
Chondrichthyes
Author
Marcou
Order
Year
1853
Family
Ptychodontidae
Collected by
Nelms, A.;Shimada, K.
Date Collected
June 2006-July 2012
Identified By
Shimada, K.
Date Identified
2013-05-01
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skull; Isolated Teeth, (1)

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Washington
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Greenhorn
Member
Jetmore Chalk
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 (2 of 2)

Nelms, A., McIntosh, A.P. & Shimada, K.. 2014. Fossil fishes from the Jetmore Chalk Member (Lower Turonian) of the Upper Cretaceous Greenhorn Limestone in north-central Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 117:245-252
Amadori, M., Amalfitano, J., Giusberti, L., Fornaciari, E., Luciani, V., Carnevale, G., Kriwet, J. 2019. First associated tooth set of a high-cusped Ptychodus from the Upper Cretaceous of northeastern Italy, and resurrection of P. altior. , 93:1-16