FHSM VP-643
Inocentrus vulgaris (Stewart)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Inocentrus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
vulgaris
Class
Actinopterygii
Author
Stewart
Order
Beryciformes
Year
Family
Collected by
Sternberg, G.F.
Date Collected
1943-02-28
Identified By
Stewart, J.D.
Date Identified
1985-07-01
Type
Number of Pieces
19
Description
Skeleton; Partial Skeleton, section of clam shell containing partial skeletons of over 50 fossil fish

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Gove
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
Upper
Latest Epoch
Upper
Earliest Age
Santonian
Latest Age
Santonian
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone

Publications (1 of 1)

Bardack, D., 1976. Paracanthopterygian and acanthopterygian fishes from the Upper Cretaceous of Kansas. Fieldiana Geology, 33:335-374