FHSM VP-6619
Xiphactinus (Leidy, 1870)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
XiphactinusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
Class
ActinopterygiiAuthor
LeidyOrder
IchthyodectiformesYear
1870Family
IchthyodectidaeCollected by
Harden, C.J. et al.Date Collected
1983-04-17Identified By
Zakrzewski, R.J.Date Identified
1983-04-20Type
Number of Pieces
1Description
; Skull, ; ; Vertebra,Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
LoganRemarks
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 (1 of 1)
King, J.L., Super, K.J. 2019. The smallest recorded specimen of Xiphactinus audax from the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas and its implications for juvenile ichthyodectid ecology. Historical Biology. , 33:441-445