FHSM VP-334
Gillicus arcuatus (Cope, 1875)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
GillicusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
arcuatusClass
ActinopterygiiAuthor
CopeOrder
IchthyodectiformesYear
1875Family
SaurodontidaeCollected by
Sternberg, G.F.Date Collected
1952-07-04Identified By
Bardack, D.Date Identified
1905-05-18Type
Number of Pieces
1Description
Skeleton; Complete Skeleton, within Xiphactinus (Fish-within-a-fish) VP-333Locality
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 5)
Shimada, K., 1997. Paleoecological relationships of the late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz). Journal of Paleontology, 71:926-933
Shimada, K., 2006. Annotated checklist of fossil fishes from the Smoky Hill Chalk of the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) in Kansas. , 35:193-213
Walker, M.V., Everhart, M.J.. 2006. The Impossible Fossil - Revisited. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 109:87-96
Bardack, D., 1965. Anatomy and evolution of chirocentrid fishes. Kansas University Paleontology Contributions, Vertebrata, 10:87
Cicimurri, D.J., 2001. An Elasmosaur with Stomach Contents and Gastroliths from the Pierre Shale (Late Cretaceous) of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 104:129-143