Where: Russell County, Kansas (38.9° N, 98.8° W: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 61.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lincoln Limestone Member (Greenhorn Limestone Formation), Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)
• From the basal Lincoln Limestone, from the basalmost 20 cm of the calcarenite beds and is considered to be of early Late Cenomanian age.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ), chemical, acetic
• Repository: Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Fort Hays State University (FHSM) and University of Kansas Natural History Museum (KUVP)
Primary reference: K. Shimada and D. J. Martin. 2008. Fossil fishes from the basal Greenhorn Limestone (Upper Cretaceous, Late Cenomanian) in Russell County, Kansas . Fort Hays Studies, Special Issue 2:89-103 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 213417: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Xiphactinus audax Leidy 1870 | |
Pachyrhizodus minimus Stewart 1899 | |
Enchodus cf. gladiolus Cope 1872
Enchodus cf. shumardi Leidy 1856 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Ptychodus cf. anonymus Williston 1900 elasmobranch
Ptychodus decurrens Agassiz 1838 elasmobranch
Ptychodus occidentalis Leidy 1868 elasmobranch | |
"Carcharias amonensis" = Haimirichia amonensis
"Carcharias amonensis" = Haimirichia amonensis Cappetta and Case 1975 mackerel shark | |
Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark | |
"Carcharias saskatchewanensis" = Microcarcharias saskatchewanensis
"Carcharias saskatchewanensis" = Microcarcharias saskatchewanensis Case et al. 1990 sand tiger shark | |
Cretomanta canadensis Case et al. 1990 mackerel shark | |
Cretoxyrhina mantelli Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark | |
Squalicorax falcatus Agassiz 1843 crow shark
Squalicorax curvatus Williston 1900 crow shark |