FHSM VP-18451
Ptychodus whipplei (Marcou, 1853)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
PtychodusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
whippleiClass
ChondrichthyesAuthor
MarcouOrder
Year
1853Family
PtychodontidaeCollected by
Nelms, A.;Shimada, K.Date Collected
June 2006-July 2012Identified By
Shimada, K.Date Identified
2013-05-01Type
Number of Pieces
1Description
Skull; Isolated Teeth, (1)Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
WashingtonRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
GreenhornMember
Jetmore ChalkZone
Bed
Local Fauna
UptonChronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest 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