Sulcacanthus schachti

Itano & Duffin, 2023


Classification: Holocephali Chimaeriformes incert. fam.

Reference of the original description
Itano, W.M. & Duffin, C.J. (2023)
An enigmatic chondrichthyan spine from the Visean of Indiana, USA that resembles a median rostral cartilage of Squaloraja (Holocephali, Chimaeriformes). Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 38, in press

Types
Sulcacanthus schachti


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Citation: Sulcacanthus schachti Itano & Duffin, 2023: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2024

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Sulcacanthus schachti Itano & Duffin, 2023, Rostral cartilage in dorsal view, LF 5338, St. Louis Limestone, Mississippian (Visean), near Cloverdale, Putnam County, Indiana, USA © the authors

Description
Original diagnose after Itano & Duffin (2023) [31683]: Known only from a rostral cartilage, which is long and narrow, gradually tapering distally. Dorsal surface with a narrow groove, which continues nearly to the distal end of the rostral cartilage. Approximately evenly spaced lateral denticles, which appear to be fused to the rostral cartilage.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=16473;
valid after Itano & Duffin, 2023 [31683]

References
Itano, W.M. & Duffin, C.J. (2023)
An enigmatic chondrichthyan spine from the Visean of Indiana, USA that resembles a median rostral cartilage of Squaloraja (Holocephali, Chimaeriformes). Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 38, in press
DOI: 10.7203/sjp.26305