FHSM VP-13996
Thryptodus zitteli (Loomis, 1900)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Thryptodus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
zitteli
Class
Actinopterygii
Author
Loomis
Order
Tselfatiiformes
Year
1900
Family
Plethodidae
Collected by
Schumacher, B.A.
Date Collected
1994-06-16
Identified By
Shimada, K.
Date Identified
2001-12-21
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skull; Premaxilla, partial

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Russell
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Greenhorn
Member
Lincoln
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)

Shimada, K., Schumacher, B.A.. 2003. The earliest record of the Late Cretaceous fish, Thryptodus (Teleostei: Tselfatiiformes), from the central Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 106:54-58