Notorynchus cf. kempi

Ward, 1979


Classification: Elasmobranchii Hexanchiformes Hexanchidae

Reference of the original description
Ward, D.J. (1979)
Additions to the fish fauna of the English Palaeogene. 3. A review of the Hexanchid sharks with a description of four new species. Tertiary Research, 2(3), 111–129

Types
Notorynchus cf. kempi



Description:


Citation: Notorynchus cf. kempi Ward, 1979: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 05/2024

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Description
Original diagnose after Ward (1979) p. 119 [2493]: (based on isolated teeth only). Notorynchus with lower antero-lateral teeth from fifteen to over thirty millimeters in length. Mesial cusplets small and even. Principal cusp and distal cusplets low, distally directed with relatively curved mesial and distal cutting edges.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=15556;

References
Cicimurri, D.J. & Knight, J.L. (2019)
Late Eocene (Priabonian) elasmobranchs from the Dry Branch Formation (Barnwell Group) of Aiken County, South Carolina, USA. PaleoBios, 36, 1–31