Where: Franklin County, Kansas (38.7° N, 95.4° W: paleocoordinates 2.3° S, 27.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Plattsmouth Limestone Member (Oread Formation), Gzhelian (303.7 - 298.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: University of Kansas Natural History Museum
Primary reference: H. W. Miller. 1957. Petalodus jewetti, a new species of fossil bradyodont fish from Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 60:82-85 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 132334: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.08.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Petalodus jewetti n. sp.
Petalodus jewetti n. sp. Miller 1957 chimaera |