Carcharias (Scoliodon) eocaenus
Woodward, 1889
Classification: Elasmobranchii Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae
Reference of the original description
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
Image of the original description
Carcharias (Scoliodon) eocaenus Woodward, 1889; coll. no. NHMUK P 43135, in Woodward 1899 pl. 1, figs 25-26
Carcharias (Scoliodon) eocaenus Woodward, 1889; coll. no. NHMUK P 43135, in Woodward 1899 pl. 1, figs 25-26
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Description
Original description of Woodward, 1889 [2593]:
Type. Detached teeth; British Museum. Teeth of considerable size, broad and triangular, much compressed; dental crown with very slightly excavated posterior margin.
Form. & Loc. London Clay: Highgate, London.
43135. Two type specimens, the larger measuring 0-01 across the base; Highgate Archway.
Original description of Woodward, 1889 [2593]:
Type. Detached teeth; British Museum. Teeth of considerable size, broad and triangular, much compressed; dental crown with very slightly excavated posterior margin.
Form. & Loc. London Clay: Highgate, London.
43135. Two type specimens, the larger measuring 0-01 across the base; Highgate Archway.
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=13209;
valid after Woodward (1889) p. 436 [2593]; synonym of Xiphodolamia ensis after Adnet et al. (2009) p. 3 [4105]
shark-references Species-ID=13209;
valid after Woodward (1889) p. 436 [2593]; synonym of Xiphodolamia ensis after Adnet et al. (2009) p. 3 [4105]
References
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
