FHSM VP-18457
Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz, 1843)

FHSM VP-18457
FHSM VP-18457

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Cretoxyrhina
Phylum
Chordata
Species
mantelli
Class
Chondrichthyes
Author
Agassiz
Order
Lamniformes
Year
1843
Family
Cretoxyrhinidae
Collected by
Shimada, K.;Nelms, A.
Date Collected
June 2006-July 2012
Identified By
Shimada, K.
Date Identified
2013-05-07
Type
Number of Pieces
9
Description
Skull; Teeth, (9)

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Washington
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Greenhorn
Member
Jetmore Chalk
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna
Upton

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)

Nelms, A., McIntosh, A.P. & Shimada, K.. 2014. Fossil fishes from the Jetmore Chalk Member (Lower Turonian) of the Upper Cretaceous Greenhorn Limestone in north-central Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 117:245-252