Logan County: Middle Campanian, Kansas
collected 1966

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Archaeolamna kopingensis (Davis 1890)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Logan
Coordinates: 39.0° North, 101.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.5° North, 71.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Middle Campanian
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pierre Shale Member:Sharon Springs
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: The age of the formation [member] is considered to be early middle Campanian (Gill et al., 1972; Cobban, 1993; Parrish and Gautier, 1993).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified "shale"
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:preferred
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:rare
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical
Collection size:1 individuals
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:LACM
Collection dates:1966
Metadata
Database number:136267
Authorizer:S. Peters Enterer:S. McMullen
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-11-25 04:35:50 Last modified:2020-08-30 22:47:39
Access level:the public Released:2012-11-25 04:35:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
43597. T. D. Cook, M. G. Newbrey, A. M. Murray, M. V. H. Wilson, K. Shimada, G. T. Takeuchi, and J. D. Stewart. 2011. A Partial Skeleton of the Late Cretaceous Lamniform Shark, Archaeolamna kopingensis, from the Pierre Shale of Western Kansas, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(1):8-21 [S. Peters/S. McMullen]