Deltalepis magna

Andreev, Coates, Karatajute-Talimaa, Shelton, Cooper & Sansom, 2017

Classification: Elegestolepidida Elegestolepididae

Reference of the original description

Andreev, P.S. & Coates, M.I. & Karatajute-Talimaa, V. & Shelton, R.M. & Cooper, P.R. & Sansom, I.J. (2017)
Elegestolepis and its kin, the earliest monodontode chondrichthyans. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 37(1), Article e1245664

Types
Deltalepis magna
Holotype: LMoG: BU5269;

Description:

Citation: Deltalepis magna Andreev, Coates, Karatajute-Talimaa, Shelton, Cooper & Sansom, 2017: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 08/2026

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Description
Original diagnosis after Andreev, Coates, Karatajute-Talimaa, Shelton, Cooper & Sansom, 2017 [25326]: Deltalepis species possessing scales with deltoid to elliptic crowns divided into three to five discrete lobes by posteriorly widening grooves. Parallel tuberculate ridges developed on the undersurface of the crown. The rami of the pulp cavity formed inside the scale crown connect directly to the main pulp canal.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=14880;
type species of Deltalepis Andreev, Coates, Karatajute-Talimaa, Shelton, Cooper & Sansom, 2017 [25326] by original designation (Art. 68.2 ICZN);

References

Schnetz, L. & Dunne, E.M. & Feichtinger, I. & Butler, R.J. & Coates, M.I. & Sansom, I.J. (2024)
Rise and diversification of chondrichthyans in the Paleozoic. Paleobiology, 50(2), 271–284
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2024.1