FHSM VP-326
Pachyrhizodus minimus (Stewart, 1899)

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Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Pachyrhizodus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
minimus
Class
Actinopterygii
Author
Stewart
Order
Crossognathiformes
Year
1899
Family
Pachyrhizodontidae
Collected by
Sternberg, G.F.
Date Collected
1949
Identified By
Miller, H.W.
Date Identified
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skeleton; Complete Skeleton,

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

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)

Miller, H.W., Jr., . 1957b. Intestinal casts in Pachyrhizodus, an elopid fish from the Niobrara formation of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 60:400-402
Shimada, K., 2006. Annotated checklist of fossil fishes from the Smoky Hill Chalk of the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) in Kansas. , 35:193-213