Scapanorhynchus (Odontaspis) gigas
Woodward, 1889
Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Odontaspididae
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.
Types
Scapanorhynchus (Odontaspis) gigas
Scapanorhynchus (Odontaspis) gigas
Description:
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Description
Original description of Woodward, 1889 [2593]:
Type. Imperfect teeth; British Museum. Teeth very slender, often sigmoidally curved, subulate, but with sharp edges; external coro-nal face flat, except in the most anterior teeth; internal face smooth. Crown attaining a maxi-mum height of about 0'03, expanded laterally at the base, the sharp edges extending to its inferior limit; lateral denticles absent, or mere asperities in the anterior teeth, very minute in the others.
Form. & Loc. Cenomanian (Cambridge Greensand): Cambridge-shire.
46362. Five teeth, with imperfect roots, forming the type specimens. The crown of one anterior tooth measures 0'03 in height, and the outer face is slightly convex.
28109. Three small examples, one showing a slight longitudinal median elevation of the outer coronal face.
41915. Four dental crowns.
35130. Eight specimens.
Original description of Woodward, 1889 [2593]:
Type. Imperfect teeth; British Museum. Teeth very slender, often sigmoidally curved, subulate, but with sharp edges; external coro-nal face flat, except in the most anterior teeth; internal face smooth. Crown attaining a maxi-mum height of about 0'03, expanded laterally at the base, the sharp edges extending to its inferior limit; lateral denticles absent, or mere asperities in the anterior teeth, very minute in the others.
Form. & Loc. Cenomanian (Cambridge Greensand): Cambridge-shire.
46362. Five teeth, with imperfect roots, forming the type specimens. The crown of one anterior tooth measures 0'03 in height, and the outer face is slightly convex.
28109. Three small examples, one showing a slight longitudinal median elevation of the outer coronal face.
41915. Four dental crowns.
35130. Eight specimens.
References
Révision de la faune ichthyologique des terrains crétacés du Nord de la France. Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord, 31, 87–154
Révision de la faune ichthyologique des terrains crétacés du Nord de la France. Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord, 31, 87–154
