FHSM VP-16700
Ptychodus decurrens (Agassiz, 1839)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Ptychodus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
decurrens
Class
Chondrichthyes
Author
Agassiz
Order
Year
1839
Family
Ptychodontidae
Collected by
Date Collected
Identified By
Date Identified
Type
Number of Pieces
5
Description
Skull; Teeth, (5) teeth

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Russell
Remarks
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Group
Colorado
Formation
Greenhorn
Member
Lincoln
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna
Russell

Chronostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

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

Publications (1 of 1)

Hamm, S.A., 2008. Systematic, stratigraphic, geographic, and paleoecological distribution of the Late Cretaceous shark genus Ptychodus within the Western Interior Seaway. , Thesis: