FHSM VP-15095
Pseudomegachasma comanchensis (Shimada, 2007)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
PseudomegachasmaPhylum
ChordataSpecies
comanchensisClass
ChondrichthyesAuthor
ShimadaOrder
LamniformesYear
2007Family
OdontaspididaeCollected by
Schumacher, B.A.Date Collected
2002-03-06Identified By
Shimada, K.Date Identified
2015-09-21Type
Number of Pieces
1Description
Skull; Isolated Teeth, (1)Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
ColoradoCounty
Las AnimasRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
GreenhornMember
LincolnZone
Bed
Local Fauna
TobeChronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousEarliest Age
CenomanianLatest Age
CenomanianLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (3 of 3)
Shimada, K., . 2007. Mesozoic origin for megamouth shark (Lamniformes: Megachasmidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27:512-516
Shimada, K., Popov, E.V., Siverson, M., Welton, B.J., Long, D.J. 2015. A new clade of putative plankton-feeding sharks from the Upper Cretaceous of Russia and the United States. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 35:e981335
Shimada, K., Schumacher, B.A., Parkin, J.A., & Palermo, J.M.. 2006. Fossil marine vertebrates from the lowermost Greenhorn Limestone (Upper Cretaceous: middle Cenomanian) in southeastern Colorado. Journal of Paleontology Memoir, 63:1-45