FHSM VP-13546
Lepidotes (Agassiz, 1843)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Lepidotes
Phylum
Chordata
Species
Class
Actinopterygii
Author
Agassiz
Order
Lepisosteiformes
Year
1843
Family
Collected by
Beamon, J.C.
Date Collected
1997-06/09
Identified By
Everhart, M.J.
Date Identified
2005-04-18
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
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Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
McPherson
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Formation
Kiowa
Member
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna
Buildex Pit

Chronostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

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

Publications (1 of 1)

Everhart, M.J., 2009. First occurrence of marine vertebrates in the Early Cretaceous of Kansas: Champion Shell bed, basal Kiowa Formation. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 112:201-210