FHSM VP-15222
Protosphyraena (Leidy, 1857)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
ProtosphyraenaPhylum
ChordataSpecies
Class
ActinopterygiiAuthor
LeidyOrder
PachycormiformesYear
1857Family
PachycormidaeCollected by
Schumacher, B.A.Date Collected
2002-03-06Identified By
Shimada, K.Date Identified
2003-08-20Type
Number of Pieces
30Description
Skull; Isolated Teeth, (30)Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
ColoradoCounty
Las AnimasRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
GreenhornMember
LincolnZone
Bed
Local Fauna
TobeChronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousEarliest Age
CenomanianLatest Age
CenomanianLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (1 of 1)
Shimada, K., Schumacher, B.A., Parkin, J.A., & Palermo, J.M.. 2006. Fossil marine vertebrates from the lowermost Greenhorn Limestone (Upper Cretaceous: middle Cenomanian) in southeastern Colorado. Journal of Paleontology Memoir, 63:1-45