Lovewell Reservoir: Middle Turonian, Kansas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Brachyrhizodus mcnultyi
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Ptychodontidae
Ptychodus whipplei Marcou 1858
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos incertus Cappetta 1973
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Ptychotrygonidae
Ptychotrygon triangularis (Reuss 1845)
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Sclerorhynchidae
Ischyrhiza mira Leidy 1856
I. mira schneideri
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus sp. Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Ginglymostomatidae
Cantioscyllium decipiens Woodward 1889
C. decipiens decipiens
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium greeni (Cappetta 1973)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax falcatus (Agassiz 1843)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus raphiodon (Agassiz 1843)
recombined as Lamna raphiodon
S. raphiodon raphiodon
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Otodus appendiculatus (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Cretalamna appendiculata
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Hadrodus priscus Leidy 1857
Actinopteri - Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae
Pachyrhizodus ? minimus Stewart 1899
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus petrosus Cope 1874
Enchodus gladiolus Cope 1872
Actinopteri - Albuliformes - Albulidae
Albulidae indet. Bleeker 1859
"small"
Actinopteri - Ichthyodectiformes - Ichthyodectidae
Xiphactinus audax (Leidy 1870)
X. audax audax
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Kansas County:Jewell
Coordinates: 39.9° North, 98.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.3° North, 62.8° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Turonian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 6
Key time interval:Middle Turonian
Age range of interval:93.50000 - 89.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Colorado Formation:Carlile Shale Member:Blue Hill
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "thin (1-3 cm) fish-tooth conglomerate which lies 3-4 m below the top of the formation"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal conglomerate
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Environment:offshore
Glacial or sequence phase:regressive
Geology comments: "relatively shallow (<100 m)... regressive deposition... far from the eastern shore of the Western Interior Sea"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Disassociated minor elements:many
Size sorting:medium
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:35365
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2003-12-07 13:15:12 Last modified:2012-01-31 16:28:53
Access level:the public Released:2003-12-07 13:15:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

9547. M. Everhart, P. Everhart, E. Manning and D. Hattin. 2003. A middle Turonian marine fish fauna from the Blue Hill Shale Member, Carlile Shale, of north central Kansas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(3):49A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]