Harpagofututor volsellorhinus Lund, 1982

By oilshale (edited)

• September 24, 2016

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Order: Chondrenchelyiformes
Family: Chondrenchelyidae
Genus: Harpagofututor
Species: Harpagofututor volsellorhinus
Author Citation LUND, 1982

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Carboniferous
Sub Period: Mississippian
Epoch: Late
International Age: Serpukhovian

Stratigraphy

Big Snowy Group
Heath Formation
Bear Gulch Bed

Provenance

Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

Dimensions

Length: 10 cm

Location

Bear Gulch, Fergus County
Montana
United States

• bear gulch
• carboniferous
• harpagofututor
• heath shale
• montana
• tff-oilshale-ch1036

Comments

References:
Lund, R. 1982 - Harpagofututor volsellorhinus new genus and species (Chondrichthyes, Chondrenchelyiformes) from the Namurian Bear Gulch Limestone, Chondrenchelys problematica Traquair (Visean), and their sexual dimorphism. Journal of Paleontology, 56 (4): 938-958.
Lund, R. & Grogan, E.D. 1997 - Soft tissue pigments of the Upper Mississippian chondrenchelyid, Harpagofututor volsellorhinus (Chondrichthyes, Holocephali) from the Bear Gulch Limestone, Montana, USA. Journal of Paleontology, 71 (2): 337-342.