FHSM VP-19542
Ptychodus occidentalis (Leidy, 1868)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Ptychodus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
occidentalis
Class
Chondrichthyes
Author
Leidy
Order
Year
1868
Family
Ptychodontidae
Collected by
Gonzales, P.;Conroy, R.;Shimada, K.;Schumacher, B.A.
Date Collected
Identified By
Shimada, K.
Date Identified
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skull; Teeth, (1) tooth

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Colorado
County
Otero
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information. Fultz Reservoir not located in Section 6, T28S, R58W; coords. placed in middle of Section 6, T28S, R85W and uncertainty drawn to include Fultz Reservoir.
Group
Formation
Greenhorn
Member
Lincoln
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna

Chronostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

Earliest Era
Mesozoic
Latest Era
Mesozoic
Earliest Period
Cretaceous
Latest Period
Cretaceous
Earliest Epoch
Late
Latest Epoch
Late
Earliest Age
Middle Cenomanian
Latest Age
Middle Cenomanian
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone