Where: Texas (30.4° N, 103.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° N, 33.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)
• ?Cathedral Mountain or ?Road Canyon Formation
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original silica
Reposited in the TMM
Primary reference: C. R. Ossian. 1976. Redescription of Megactenopetalus kaibabanus David 1944 (Chondrichthyes: Petalodontidae) with Comments on Its Geographic and Stratigraphic Distribution. Journal of Paleontology 50(3):392-397 [M. Clapham/T. Wolfe]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 118958: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Trisha Wolfe on 19.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Megactenopetalus kaibabanus David 1944 chimaera |