FHSM VP-12451
Scapanorhynchus (Woodward, 1889)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Scapanorhynchus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
Class
Chondrichthyes
Author
Woodward
Order
Lamniformes
Year
1889
Family
Mitsukurinidae
Collected by
Bethel, G.;Shimada, K.
Date Collected
1992
Identified By
Shimada, K.
Date Identified
1996-06-11
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
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Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Ellis
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Niobrara
Member
Fort Hays
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
Coniacian
Latest Age
Coniacian
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone

Publications (1 of 1)

Shimada, K., . 1996a. Selachians from the Fort Hays Limestone Member of the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous), Ellis County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 99:42750