Hemipristis tanakai

Tomita, Yabumoto & Kuga, 2023


Classification: Elasmobranchii Carcharhiniformes Hemigaleidae

Reference of the original description
Tomita, T. & Yabumoto, Y. & Kuga, N. (2024)
A New Snaggletooth Shark Species, Hemipristis tanakai Sp. Nov., from the Ashiya Group (Oligocene), Northern Kyushu, Japan. Paleontological Research, 28(3), 273–278

Types
Hemipristis tanakai
Holotype: NMNS: PV 25076; Paratype: KMNH: VP 100,339;


Description:


Citation: Hemipristis tanakai Tomita, Yabumoto & Kuga, 2023: 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 Tomita, Yabumoto & Kuga, 2023 [32471]: Hemipristis tanakai sp. nov. is distinguished from other congeners based on the presence of the following characters: the height of the upper jaw tooth exceeds 1.5 cm; the number of mesial serrations is less than five; and the apical-most denticle of the mesial serrations is more distantly located from the baseline of the root compared with that of the distal serrations (refer to the “comparison” section for details).

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=16588

References
Tanaka, T. & Kohno, N. (2025)
Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic Chondrichthyes from the Japanese Islands. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs, 56, 1–184
Tomita, T. & Yabumoto, Y. & Kuga, N. (2024)
A New Snaggletooth Shark Species, Hemipristis tanakai Sp. Nov., from the Ashiya Group (Oligocene), Northern Kyushu, Japan. Paleontological Research, 28(3), 273–278
DOI: 10.2517/PR220021
Adnet, S. & Antoine, P.-O. & Baqri, S.R.H. & Crochet, J.-Y. & Marivaux, L. & Welcomme, J.-L. & Métais, G. (2007)
New tropical carcharhinids (Chondrichthyes, Carcharhiniformes) from the late Eocene-early Oligocene of Balochistan, Pakistan: Paleoenvironmental and paleogeographic implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 30, 303–323
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.10.002