FHSM VP-18025
Ptychodus whipplei (Marcou, 1853)

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Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Ptychodus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
whipplei
Class
Chondrichthyes
Author
Marcou
Order
Year
1853
Family
Ptychodontidae
Collected by
Shimada, K.
Date Collected
Identified By
Shimada, K.
Date Identified
2012-07-04
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skull; Isolated Teeth, (1)

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Iowa
County
Plymoth
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Greenhorn
Member
Basal
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)

Gorman, K.L., Shimada, K. & Witzke, B.J.. 2014. Late Cretaceous Marine Fishes from the Basal Green Horn Limestone in Western Iowa. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science , 117:91-99