FHSM VP-15545
Johnlongia (Siverson, 1996)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Johnlongia
Phylum
Chordata
Species
Class
Chondrichthyes
Author
Siverson
Order
Lamniformes
Year
1996
Family
Odontaspididae
Collected by
Ewell, K.
Date Collected
2003-11-09
Identified By
Siverson, M.;Shimada, K.
Date Identified
2003-12-23
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skull; Isolated Teeth, (1)

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Trego
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Niobrara
Member
Smoky Hill
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna
Parke Ranch

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., Ewell, K. & Everhart, M.J.. 2004. The first record of the lamniform shark genus, Johnlongia, from the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous), western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 107:131-135
Shimada, K., 2006. Annotated checklist of fossil fishes from the Smoky Hill Chalk of the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) in Kansas. , 35:193-213