FHSM VP-12864
Cretodus crassidens (Dixon, 1850)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
CretodusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
crassidensClass
ChondrichthyesAuthor
DixonOrder
LamniformesYear
1850Family
PseudoscapanorhynchidaeCollected by
Liggett, C.L.Date Collected
Identified By
Shimada, K.Date Identified
1994-06-04Type
Number of Pieces
2Description
Skull; Teeth, (2), one in collection, one on exhibitLocality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
EllisRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
CarlileMember
Blue HillZone
Bed
Local Fauna
Chronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (1 of 1)
Shimada, K., . 1997e. Stratigraphic record of the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz), in Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 100:139-149