FHSM VP-74
Saurodon (Hays, 1829)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
SaurodonPhylum
ChordataSpecies
Class
ActinopterygiiAuthor
HaysOrder
IchthyodectiformesYear
1829Family
SaurodontidaeCollected by
Sternberg, G.F.Date Collected
Identified By
Sternberg, G.F.Date Identified
1947-01-10Type
Number of Pieces
1Description
Skull; Partial Skull, partial skull in plaster; Skull; Predentary, pre-dentatry in place; Skull; Dentary, ; Skull; Maxilla, ; Skull; Teeth,Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
PhillipsRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
NiobraraMember
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna
Chronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (1 of 1)
Shimada, K., 2006. Annotated checklist of fossil fishes from the Smoky Hill Chalk of the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) in Kansas. , 35:193-213