FHSM VP-15068
Polyacrodus (Jaekel , 1889)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Polyacrodus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
Class
Chondrichthyes
Author
Jaekel
Order
Hybodontiformes
Year
1889
Family
Polyacrodontidae
Collected by
Everhart, M.J.
Date Collected
2003-06-26
Identified By
Everhart, M.J.
Date Identified
2003-06-29
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skull; Isolated Teeth, (1)

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
Buildex Pit

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)

Everhart, M.J., 2004. First record of the hybodont shark, 'Polyacrodus' sp., (Chondrichthyes; Polyacrodontidae) from the Kiowa Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of McPherson County, Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 107:83-87