FHSM VP-13200
Ptychodus occidentalis (Leidy, 1868)

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Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Ptychodus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
occidentalis
Class
Chondrichthyes
Author
Leidy
Order
Year
1868
Family
Ptychodontidae
Collected by
Shimada, K.
Date Collected
Summer 1993
Identified By
Shimada, K.
Date Identified
1994-12-31
Type
Number of Pieces
99
Description
Skull; Teeth,

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Russell
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Greenhorn
Member
Lincoln
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna
Russell

Chronostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

Earliest Era
Mesozoic
Latest Era
Mesozoic
Earliest Period
Cretaceous
Latest Period
Cretaceous
Earliest Epoch
Upper
Latest Epoch
Upper
Earliest Age
Cenomanian
Latest Age
Cenomanian
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone

Publications (1 of 1)

Hamm, S.A., 2008. Systematic, stratigraphic, geographic, and paleoecological distribution of the Late Cretaceous shark genus Ptychodus within the Western Interior Seaway. , Thesis: