FHSM VP-380
Elopiformes (Sauvage, 1875)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
Phylum
ChordataSpecies
Class
ActinopterygiiAuthor
SauvageOrder
ElopiformesYear
1875Family
Collected by
Brookless, E.E.Date Collected
1954Identified By
Miller, H.W.Date Identified
1958-06 to 1958-09Type
Number of Pieces
2Description
Skeleton; Partial Skeleton, anterior skeleton in matrix; Dermal Bone; Scale, ; Fin; Dorsal fin, partial; Skull; Complete Skull,Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
EllisRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
CarlileMember
CodellZone
Bed
Local Fauna
Chronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (1 of 1)
Miller, H.W., Jr., . 1958. An elopid fish from the Codell Sandstone (Cretaceous) of Kansas and the depositional environment of the sandstone. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 61:213-215