The First Occurrence of Ptychodus latissimus from the Codell Sandstone Member of the Carlile Shale in Kansas
| Autor: | Shawn A. Hamm |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
Ammonite 010506 paleontology Ptychodus biology Range (biology) Fauna 010607 zoology Niche differentiation General Medicine biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences language.human_language Cretaceous Paleontology Paleoecology language Oil shale Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 123 |
| ISSN: | 0022-8443 |
| Popis: | Three teeth of the late Cretaceous shark Ptychodus latissimus (Agassiz) are described from the upper Middle Turonian Codell Sandstone Member of the Carlile Shale. These teeth are significant because they are the first documented occurrence of the species in Kansas, extending the paleobiogeographic range of species and adding a new paleoecological component to the Codell Sandstone fauna. Its association with various ammonite species living in different trophic levels with other ptychodontid sharks may be indicative of niche partitioning. |
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