FHSM VP-16680
Squalicorax falcatus (Agassiz, 1843)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Squalicorax
Phylum
Chordata
Species
falcatus
Class
Chondrichthyes
Author
Agassiz
Order
Lamniformes
Year
1843
Family
Anacoracidae
Collected by
Shimada, K.
Date Collected
2002-06 to 2002-09
Identified By
McIntosh, A.P. et al
Date Identified
2016
Type
Number of Pieces
2
Description
Skull; Teeth, (2)

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
Carlile
Member
Fairport Chalk
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
Latest Age
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone

Publications (1 of 1)

McIntosh, A.P., Shimada, K. & Everhart, M.J.. 2016. Late Cretaceous marine vertebrate fauna from the Fairpoint Chalk member of the Carlile Shale in southern Ellis County, Kansas, USA. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 119:222-230