FHSM VP-10266
Protosphyraena (Leidy, 1857)

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Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Protosphyraena
Phylum
Chordata
Species
Class
Actinopterygii
Author
Leidy
Order
Pachycormiformes
Year
1857
Family
Pachycormidae
Collected by
LaGarry, H.E.
Date Collected
1988-12-01
Identified By
Zakrzewski, R.J.
Date Identified
1989-06-23
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Fin; PectoralFins,

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Ellis
Remarks
;
Group
Colorado
Formation
Carlile
Member
Fairport
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., 2006. Annotated checklist of fossil fishes from the Smoky Hill Chalk of the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) in Kansas. , 35:193-213