FHSM IP-677-1
Durania maxima (West, 1977)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Durania
Phylum
Mollusca
Species
maxima
Class
Bivalvia
Author
West
Order
Hippuritida
Year
1977
Family
Radiolitidae
Collected by
Mart, I.R.
Date Collected
Identified By
Sternberg, G.F.
Date Identified
1953-03-16
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Body; Shell,

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Graham
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Niobrara
Member
Smoky Hill
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna

Chronostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

Earliest Era
Mesozoic
Latest Era
Mesozoic
Earliest Period
Cretaceous
Latest Period
Cretaceous
Earliest Epoch
Latest Epoch
Earliest Age
Latest Age
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone

Publications (1 of 1)

Everhart, M.J., 2018. Notes on the stratigraphic occurrence of the rudist Durania maxima (Bivalvia: Radiolitidae) in the Smoky Hill Chalk, western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 121:111-118