FHSM VP-13746
Ectenosaurus (Russell, 1967)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
EctenosaurusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
Class
ReptiliaAuthor
RussellOrder
SquamataYear
1967Family
MosasauridaeCollected by
Everhart, M.J.Date Collected
1992-06-14Identified By
Bell, G.L.Date Identified
1999-10-13Type
Number of Pieces
70Description
; Vertebra, with shark tooth embedded; ; Rib,Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
GoveRemarks
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 (3 of 7)
Everhart, M.J.,. 1999. Evidence of feeding on mosasaurs by the late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli. Jour. Vert. Paleon. 17 (Supplement to 3): 43A-44A.
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
Everhart, M.J., Hamm, S.A.. 2005. A new nodosaur specimen (Dinosauria: Nodosauridae) from the Smoky Hill Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science , 108:15-21
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., 2003. First records of plesiosaur remains in the lower Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Upper Coniacian) of the Niobrara Formation in western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 106:139-148
Everhart, M.J., 2005. Earliest record of the genus Tylosaurus (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Fort Hays Limestone (Lower Coniacian) of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 108:149-155
Everhart, M.J., 2005. Bite marks on an elasmosaur paddle from the Niobrara Chalk as probable evidence of feeding by the lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli. www.PalArch.nl., vertebrate paleontology, 2:14-24