FHSM VP-2184
Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz, 1843)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
CretoxyrhinaPhylum
ChordataSpecies
mantelliClass
ChondrichthyesAuthor
AgassizOrder
LamniformesYear
1843Family
CretoxyrhinidaeCollected by
Schoeppel, E.G.Date Collected
Identified By
Walker, M.V.Date Identified
1965-02-22Type
Number of Pieces
100Description
; Vertebra, ; Skull; Jaw, partial; Skull; Isolated Teeth, embedded in matrixLocality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
NessRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
NiobraraMember
Smoky HillZone
Bed
Local Fauna
Chronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (3 of 5)
Newbrey, M.G., Siversson, M., Cook, T.D., Fotheringham, A.M., & Sanchez, R.L.. 2013. Vertebral Morphology, Dentition, Age, Growth, and Ecology of the Large Lamniform Shark Cardabiodon ricki. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 60:877-897
Shimada, K., . 1997a. Periodic marker bands in vertebral centra of the late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli. Copeia, 1997:233-235
Shimada, K., 1997. Paleoecological relationships of the late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz). Journal of Paleontology, 71:926-933
Shimada, K., . 1997g. Skeletal anatomy of the late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, from the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17:926-933
Shimada, K., 2006. Annotated checklist of fossil fishes from the Smoky Hill Chalk of the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) in Kansas. , 35:193-213