FHSM VP-12916
Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz, 1843)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
CretoxyrhinaPhylum
ChordataSpecies
mantelliClass
ChondrichthyesAuthor
AgassizOrder
LamniformesYear
1843Family
CretoxyrhinidaeCollected by
Shimada, K.Date Collected
Summer 1992Identified By
Shimada, K.Date Identified
1994-06-27Type
Number of Pieces
5Description
Skull; Teeth,Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
RussellRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
Carlile/GreenhornMember
Fairport/PfeiferZone
Bed
Local Fauna
Chronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (1 of 1)
Shimada, K., . 1997e. Stratigraphic record of the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz), in Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 100:139-149