Also known as Ideal Cement, Ideal Shark
Where: Larimer County, Colorado (40.7° N, 105.2° W: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 70.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Smoky Hill Chalk Member (Niobrara Formation), Coniacian to Coniacian (89.8 - 83.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collected in 1986–1987
Primary reference: P. C. Murphey and D. Daitch. 2014. Paleontological Technical Report: Northern Integrated Supply Project, Proposed U.S. Highway 287 Realignment Larimer County, Colorado 1-34 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 227704: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 27.10.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata
"Cretolamna appendiculata" = Cretalamna appendiculata Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark | |
Cretoxyrhina mantelli Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark | |
Squalicorax cf. falcatus Agassiz 1843 crow shark | |
Scapanorhynchus sp. Woodward 1889 goblin shark |