FHSM VP-13747
Cretoxyrhina (Glikman, 1958)

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Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Cretoxyrhina
Phylum
Chordata
Species
Class
Chondrichthyes
Author
Glikman
Order
Lamniformes
Year
1958
Family
Cretoxyrhinidae
Collected by
Everhart, M.J.
Date Collected
1905-06-19
Identified By
Everhart, M.J.
Date Identified
1999-10-13
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skull; Isolated Teeth, embedded in mosasaur

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Gove
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Niobrara
Member
Smoky Hill
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
Santonian
Latest Age
Santonian
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone

Publications (2 of 2)

Shimada, K., 2006. Annotated checklist of fossil fishes from the Smoky Hill Chalk of the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) in Kansas. , 35:193-213
Everhart, M.J., 2004. Late Cretaceous interaction between predators and prey. Evidence of feeding by two species of shark on a mosasaur. www.PalArch.nl., vertebrate paleontology, 1:2017-01-05