FHSM VP-19366
Ptychodus whipplei (Marcou, 1853)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Ptychodus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
whipplei
Class
Chondrichthyes
Author
Marcou
Order
Year
1853
Family
Ptychodontidae
Collected by
Schumacher, B.A.
Date Collected
2011
Identified By
Garza, D.;Gonzales, P.;Shimada, K.
Date Identified
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skull; Isolated Teeth, (1)

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Colorado
County
Otero
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Carlile
Member
Juana Lopez
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
Turonian
Latest Age
Turonian
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone

Publications (1 of 1)

Wood, J.J., 2022. Fossil Marine Vertebrates from the Juana Lopez Member of the Upper Cretaceous Carlile Shale in Southeastern Colorado, USA. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 125:77-89