FHSM VP-17431
Belonostomus (Agassiz, 1843)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Belonostomus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
Class
Actinopterygii
Author
Agassiz
Order
Year
1843
Family
Aspidorhynchidae
Collected by
Everhart, M.J.
Date Collected
2006-05-18
Identified By
Everhart, M.J.
Date Identified
2009-08-03
Type
Number of Pieces
2017-01-31
Description
Skull; Dentary,

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
McPherson
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Formation
Kiowa
Member
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna

Chronostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

Earliest Era
Mesozoic
Latest Era
Mesozoic
Earliest Period
Cretaceous
Latest Period
Cretaceous
Earliest Epoch
Lower
Latest Epoch
Lower
Earliest Age
Albian
Latest Age
Albian
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone

Publications (1 of 1)

Everhart, M.J., 2009. First occurrence of marine vertebrates in the Early Cretaceous of Kansas: Champion Shell bed, basal Kiowa Formation. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 112:201-210