FHSM VP-2946
Orthacanthus compressus (Newberry, 1856)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Orthacanthus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
compressus
Class
Chondrichthyes
Author
Newberry
Order
Xenacanthiformes
Year
1856
Family
Diplodoselachidae
Collected by
Wooster, L.C.
Date Collected
Identified By
Wooster, L.C.
Date Identified
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
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Locality

Lithostratigraphy

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

Chronostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

Earliest Era
Paleozoic
Latest Era
Paleozoic
Earliest Period
Carboniferous
Latest Period
Carboniferous
Earliest Epoch
Pennsylvanian
Latest Epoch
Pennsylvanian
Earliest Age
Virgilian
Latest Age
Virgilian
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone