FHSM VP-2178
Ptychodus decurrens (Agassiz, 1839)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Ptychodus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
decurrens
Class
Chondrichthyes
Author
Agassiz
Order
Year
1839
Family
Ptychodontidae
Collected by
Walker, M.V.;Bonner, O.W.
Date Collected
1963-11-16
Identified By
Shimada, K.
Date Identified
1994-01-05
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skull; Isolated Teeth, (1)

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Russell
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Graneros
Member
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)

Shimada, K., . 1997d. Shark-tooth-bearing coprolite from the Carlile Shale (Upper Cretaceous), Ellis County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 100:133-138