FHSM VP-2187
Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz, 1843)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
CretoxyrhinaPhylum
ChordataSpecies
mantelliClass
ChondrichthyesAuthor
AgassizOrder
LamniformesYear
1843Family
CretoxyrhinidaeCollected by
Sternberg, G.F.Date Collected
1965-06-22Identified By
Walker, M.V.Date Identified
1965-06-22Type
Number of Pieces
Description
Skeleton; Complete Skeleton, ; ; Vertebra, ; Skull; Teeth, ; Dermal Bone; Denticle,Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
EllisRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
NiobraraMember
Smoky HillZone
Bed
Local Fauna
Chronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (3 of 18)
Newbrey, M.G., Siversson, M., Cook, T.D., Fotheringham, A.M., & Sanchez, R.L.. 2013. Vertebral Morphology, Dentition, Age, Growth, and Ecology of the Large Lamniform Shark Cardabiodon ricki. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 60:877-897
Shimada, K., . 1997a. Periodic marker bands in vertebral centra of the late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli. Copeia, 1997:233-235
Shimada, K., . 1997b. Gigantic laminoid shark vertebra from the lower Cretaceous Kiowa Shale of Kansas. Journal of Paleontology, 71:522-524
Shimada, K., . 1997c. Dentition of the late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, from the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17:269-279
Shimada, K., . 1997e. Stratigraphic record of the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz), in Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 100:139-149
Shimada, K., 1997. Paleoecological relationships of the late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz). Journal of Paleontology, 71:926-933
Shimada, K., . 1997g. Skeletal anatomy of the late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, from the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17:926-933
Shimada, K., . 2008. Ontogenetic parameters and life history strategies of the late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, based on vertebral growth increments. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28:21-33
Shimada, K., 2004. Shark-bitten Xiphactinus audax (Teleostei: Ichthyodectiformes) from the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of Kansas. The Mosasaur, 7:35-39
Shimada, K., 2006. Annotated checklist of fossil fishes from the Smoky Hill Chalk of the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) in Kansas. , 35:193-213
Shimada, K., Nagrodski, M.. 2010. Occurrence of the Fossil Lamniform Shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, from the Upper Cretaceous Hartland Shale, Central Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 113:235-236
Tomita, T., . 2011. Mouth-Size Estimation of a Primitive Lamniform Shark, Protolamna: Low Trophic Position in Lamniform Shark Origin. Paleontological Research, 15:68-76
Nagrodski, M., Shimada, K., Schumacher, B.A. 2012. Marine vertebrates from the Hartland Shale (Upper Cretaceous: Upper Cenomanian) in southeastern Colorado, USA. Cretaceous Research, 37:76-88
Bourdon, J, 2011. Analysis of an associated Cretoxyrhina mantelli dentition from the Late Cretaceous (Smoky Hill Chalk, Late Coniacian) of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 114:15-32
Cook, T.D., 2011. A partial skeleton of the late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Archaeolamna kopingensis, from the Pierre Shale of western Kansas, USA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31:2017-08-20
2019. First associated tooth set of Ptychodus anonymus (Elasmobranchii: Ptychodontidae) in North America from the Jetmore Chalk in Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 122:1-18
Shimada, K., Everhart, M.J. 2019. A new large Late Cretaceous lamniform shark from North America, with comments on the taxonomy, paleoecology, and evolution of the genus Cretodus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 39: