Fossil marine vertebrates from the lowermost Greenhorn Limestone (Upper Cretaceous: Middle Cenomanian) in southeastern Colorado

K. Shimada, B. A. Schumacher, J. A. Parkin, and J. M. Palermo

2006

Article

Journal of Paleontology 80:1-45

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Abdobalistum
• Corax baharijensis
• Micropycnodon kansasensis
• Nursallia veronae
• Nursallidae
• Palaeobalistum orbiculatum
• Portheus thaumas
• Protosphyraena bentoniana
• Squalicorax curvatus

Taxonomy:

• Nursallia veronae belongs to Nursallia - Blot (1987)
• Portheus thaumas belongs to Xiphactinus audax - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Nursallia belongs to Nursallidae - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Enchodus petrosus belongs to Enchodus - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Enchodus shumardi belongs to Enchodus - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Enchodus gladiolus belongs to Enchodus - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Enchodus lewesiensis belongs to Enchodus - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Pachyrhizodontidae belongs to Elopiformes - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Pachyrhizodus belongs to Pachyrhizodontidae - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Pachyrhizodus basalis belongs to Pachyrhizodus - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Bananogmius belongs to Plethodidae - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Pachyrhizodus minimus belongs to Pachyrhizodus - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Plethodidae belongs to Tselfatiiformes - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Xiphactinus vetus belongs to Xiphactinus - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Squalicorax curvatus belongs to Squalicorax - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Portheus molossus belongs to Xiphactinus audax - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Protosphyraena bentoniana belongs to Protosphyraena - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Protosphyraena nitida belongs to Protosphyraena - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Protosphyraena belongs to Pachycormidae - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Palaeobalistum orbiculatum belongs to Palaeobalistum - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Abdobalistum belongs to Nursallidae - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Palaeobalistum belongs to Nursallidae - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Nursallidae belongs to Pycnodontiformes - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Micropycnodon kansasensis belongs to Micropycnodon - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Micropycnodon belongs to Pycnodontidae - Shimada et al. (2006)
• Corax baharijensis belongs to Squalicorax curvatus - Shimada et al. (2006)