FHSM VP-17980
Chimaeridae (Bonaparte, 1831)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
Class
Chondrichthyes
Author
Bonaparte
Order
Chimaeriformes
Year
1831
Family
Chimaeridae
Collected by
Hill, M.
Date Collected
Fall 2011
Identified By
Hoganson, J.W.;Everhart, M.J.
Date Identified
2011-09 to 2011-12
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skull; Jaw, (1) partial jaw fragment

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Colorado
County
Adams
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Formation
Fox Hills
Member
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
Maastrichtian
Latest Age
Maastrichtian
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone

Publications (1 of 1)

Hoganson, J.W., Erickson, J.M., Everhart, M.J. 2015. Ischyodus rayhaasi (Chimaeroidei; Callorhinchidae) from the Campanian-Maastrichtian Fox Hills Formation of northeastern Colorado, U.S.A.. Kansas Academy of Science, 118:27-40