North Texas Cretaceous References:



Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior
A Late Cretaceous durophagus shark, Ptychodus martini Williston, from Texas * Shawn A. Hamm and Kenshu Shimada The Texas Journal of Science 56 (3): 215-222; Aug. 2004
A new selachian fauna from the late Maastrichtian of Texas Case, G.R. and Cappetta, H. Miinchener Geowissenschaften Abhandungen, 34:131-189; 1997
A new ptychodontid from the Upper Cretaceous of Texas McLeod, N. and B. H. Slaughter Texas Jour. Sci. 32(4):333-335. 1980.
Additions aux faunes de sélaciens du Crétacé du Texas (Albien superieur-Campanien) Cappetta, H & Case, G., 1999. Palaeo Ichthyologica 9, München. pp 5-111
Anacoracid sharks from the Albian (Lower Cretaceous) Pawpaw Shale of Texas * Siverson, Mikael; Lindgren, Johan and Kelley, L. Scott Palaeontology, 50:4, pp. 939-950, July 2007
Chondrichthyans from the Arkadelphia Formation (Upper Cretaceous: late Maastrichtian) of Hot Springs County, Arkansas * Becker, M., Chamberlain, J., and Wolf, G. Journal of Paleontology; July 2006; v. 80; no. 4; pp. 700-716
Ptychodontid sharks in the Upper Cretaceous Eagleford Group of Northern Texas Hamm, S. A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 23: 58A-59A; 2003
Sharks that pass in the night: using Geographical Information Systems to investigate competition in the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway * Corinne E. Myers and Bruce S. Lieberman Proceedings of the Royal Society, online 15 September 2010
Sélacians nouveaux du Crétacé du Texas. (New sharks from the Cretaceous of Texas) Cappetta, H. and Case, G. R. Géobios 8(4):303-307. 1975.
The Collector’s Guide to Fossils Sharks and Rays from the Cretaceous of Texas * Welton, B. J., Farish, R.F. 1993
The First North American Occurrence of the Late Cretaceous Elasmobranch Ptychodus rugosus * N. MacLeod Journal of Paleontology; March 1982; v. 56; no. 2 Part 1; p. 403-409
The fossil shark genus Squalicorax in north-central Texas Bilelo, M. A. M. Texas Journal of Science, 20:339-348; 1969
The Late Cretaceous Shark Ptychodus marginalis in the Western Interior Seaway, USA * Shawn A. Hamm Journal of Paleontology, 84 (3), 2010, pp. 538–548
The Late Cretaceous shark, Ptychodus rugosus, (Ptychodontidae) in the Western Interior Sea * Shawn A. Hamm Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, Vol. 113, no. 1/2 p. 44-55 (2010)
Upper Cretaceous sharks & fishes of Central Texas McLellan, Jack Austin, Tex; UTA 1989
Upper Cretaceous Vertebrates of North Central Texas Hill, Lloyd E. Dallas (Taylor) Description: Book 47 p. : ill. ; 24cm; 1976


A giant fossil fish from the Cretaceous of Texas : Xiphactinus audax Leidy Carl Chelf Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas, 1940. Information circular, 2 leaves
A New Sawfish from the Woodbine Formation (Cretaceous) of Texas * C. L. McNulty, Jr., Bob H. Slaughter Copeia, Vol. 1962, No. 4 (Dec. 31, 1962), pp. 775-777
A new selachian fauna from the late Maastrichtian of Texas Case, G. and Cappetta, H. Münchener Geowissenschaften Abhandungen 34:131-189. 1997
An enchodontid mandible from the Eagle Ford Shale (Turonian), Dallas County, Texas McNulty, C. L. and Kienzlen, G. Texas Journal Science, XXI (21): 4: 447- 453, 1970
An Enchodontid Skull from the Austin Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of Dallas, Texas * Edward L. Willimon The Southwestern Naturalist, Vol. 18, No. 2, (Jun. 29, 1973), pp. 201-210
Cartilaginous fishes of the Trinity Group and related rocks (Lower Cretaceous) of North Central Texas Thurmond, J. Southeast. Geol., 13, (4), pp 207-227. 1972.
Fishbed conglomerate fauna, Arlington Member, Woodbine Formation (Cenomanian) of Texas, p. 68-73 McNulty, C. L. Fieldtrip Guidebook, South-Central Section, Stratigraphy of the Woodbine Formation, Tarrant County, Texas. The Geological Society of America; 1968
Giant Cretaceous Sawfish (Onchosaurus) from Texas * Thomas M. Lehman Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 63, No. 4 (Jul., 1989), pp. 533-535
Hypolophid teeth from the Woodbine Formation, Tarrant County, Texas (ray?) MCNULTY, C. L. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, 57:537-541; 1964
New Upper Cretaceous teleost fish from Texas * David Bardack The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, August 1965, Paper 1
Notes on Rostral Teeth of Ganopristine Sawfishes, with Special Reference to Texas Material * Bob H. Slaughter, and Maureen Steiner Journal of Paleontology; January 1968; v. 42; no. 1; pp. 233-239
Phyllodont (Paralbulinae) fish toothplates from the Lower Cretaceous Glen Rose Formation of central Texas Huggins, H. H. Texas Journal of Science, vol. 42, no. 1, 1990, pp. 77-81.
Rostral teeth of Ischyrhiza mira Leidy from northeast Texas McNulty, C. L. Jr. and B. H. Slaughter Texas Journal of Science 16:107-112, 1 pl., 1964
Sélaciens nouveaux du Crétecé du Texas. Cappetta, H. and Case, G., 1975b Géobios, 8, (40: 303-307
The Fossil Fish Lepidotes in the Paluxy Formation, North-Central Texas * Maria M. Bilelo American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 81, No. 2 (Apr., 1969), pp. 405-411
Xiphactinus audax, a fish from the Cretaceous of Texas * J. Willis Stovall Contributions to Geology, UT Bulletin No. 3201


Pittman, Jeffrey Gill, 1992, Stratigraphy and Vertebrate Ichnology of the Glen Rose Formation, Western Gulf Basin, USA.


A new species of Bananogmius (Teleostei: Tselfatiformes) from the Upper Cretaceous Carlile Shale of western Kansas * Fielitz, C., and K. Shimada Journal of Paleontology, 73(3):504–511, 1999
Annotated checklist of fossil fishes from the Smoky Hill Chalk of the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) in Kansas K. Shimada and C. Fielitz In: Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science Bulletin 35, 2006
Associated tooth set of the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Scapanorhynchus raphiodon (Mitsukurinidae) from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas * Hamm, S. A., and K. Shimada. Transactions of Kansas Academy of Science, 105(1/2):18–26, 2002
Caudal fin skeleton of the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, from the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas * K. Shimada, S. L. Cumbaa and D. Van Rooyen In: Late Cretaceous vertebrates from the Western Interior, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35, 2006
Dentition of the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, from the Niobrara Chalk of Kansas * Kenshu Shimada Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17 (2):269-279; 1997
Identity of small symmetrical teeth of the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, from western Kansas, U.S.A. * Shimada, K., and G. Hubbell Journal of Fossil Research, 34(2):55–57, 2001
Notice of American Species of Ptychodus Joseph Leidy Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 20, (1868), pp. 205-208
Paleoecological Relationships of the Late Cretaceous Lamniform Shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli * Kenshu Shimada Journal of Paleontology; September 1997; v. 71; no. 5; p. 926-933
Ptychodus mammillaris (Elasmobranchii) and Enchodus cf. E. shumardi from the Fort Hays Limestone Member of the Niobrara Chalk * Kenshu Shimada, Michael J. Everhart Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, Vol. 106, No. 3/4. (Autumn, 2003), pp. 171-176
Selachians from the Fort Hays Limestone Member of the Niobrara Chalk * Kenshu Shimada Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903-), Vol. 99, No. 1/2 (Apr., 1996), pp. 1-15
Shark-bitten protostegid turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Mooreville Formation of Alabama * Shimada, K., and G. E. Hooks, III. Journal of Paleontology, 78(1):205–210, 2004
Shark-bitten Xiphactinus audax (Teleostei: Ichthyodectiformes) from the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of Kansas. * Kenshu Shimada and Michael J. Everhart The Mosasaur; 7:35-39
Skeletal anatomy of the Late Cretaceous shark, Squalicorax (Neoselachii: Anacoracidae) * Shimada, K., and D. J. Cicimurri Palaeontologische Zeitschrift, 79(2):241–261, 2005
Skeletal anatomy of the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli, from the Niobrara Chalk in Kansas * Kenshu Shimada Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 17(4):642-652; 1997
Stratigraphic record of the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark, Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz), in Kansas. * Kenshu Shimada Transactions of Kansas Academy of Science, 100(3-4):139-149; 1997
The earliest record of the Late Cretaceous fish genus Thryptodus (Teleostei: Tselfatiiformes) from central Kansas * Shimada, K., and B. A. Schumacher. Transactions of Kansas Academy of Science, Transactions of Kansas Academy of Science, 106(1/2):54–58, 2003
The first record of the lamniform shark genus, Johnlongia, from the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous), western Kansas * Shimada, K., K. Ewell, and M. J. Everhart. Transactions of Kansas Academy of Science, 107(3/4):131–135, 2004
The oldest record of the Late Cretaceous anacoracid shark, Squalicorax pristodontus (Agassiz), from the western interior, with comments on Squalicorax phylogeny * Shimada, K, and Cicimurri, D. J New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Bulletin 35, p. 177-184. 2006
Types of tooth sets in the fossil record of sharks, and comments on reconstructing dentitions of extinct sharks * Shimada, Kenshu Journal of Fossil Research, Vol. 38; No.2; pp. 141-145 (2005)