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