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1 April 2004 First record of the hybodont shark genus, “Polyacrodus” sp., (Chondrichthyes; Polyacrodontidae) from the Kiowa Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of McPherson County, Kansas
Michael J. Everhart
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Abstract

Three unassociated tooth fragments of the hybodont shark, Polyacrodus sp., were recovered from a quarry in the Kiowa Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Albian), McPherson County, Kansas, in June of 2003. The teeth of this shark represent a new record for the poorly known vertebrate marine paleofauna of the Kiowa. The fragments were discovered in association with the teeth of another hybodont, two lamniform sharks, a ray, and a pycnodont fish; a turtle vertebra; a plesiosaur tooth fragment; and bone, osteoscute, and tooth fragments of crocodilians. The teeth are the first recognized occurrence of “Polyacrodus” in Kansas, and further document the diversity of this near-shore paleofauna in the Western Interior Sea during the Early Cretaceous.

Michael J. Everhart "First record of the hybodont shark genus, “Polyacrodus” sp., (Chondrichthyes; Polyacrodontidae) from the Kiowa Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of McPherson County, Kansas," Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 107(1), 83-87, (1 April 2004). https://doi.org/10.1660/0022-8443(2004)107[0083:FROTHS]2.0.CO;2
Published: 1 April 2004
KEYWORDS
Albian
Cretaceous
hybodont shark
Kansas
Kiowa Formation
Polyacrodus
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