Also known as TMM 41645
Where: Texas (31.9° N, 108.3° W: paleocoordinates 4.7° N, 36.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Concha Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, conglomeratic siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original silica
Collected by T. S. Jones in 1970
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 118959: 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 |