Cosmopolitodus praecursor

(Leriche, 1905)

Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Lamnidae

Reference of the original description

Leriche, M. (1902)
Les poissons paléocènes de la Belgique. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, 2(5), 1–48

Types
Cosmopolitodus praecursor

Description:

Citation: Cosmopolitodus praecursor (Leriche, 1905): In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 11/2025

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Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=8289;
synonym of Macrorhizodus praecursor after Ebersole et al. (2019) p. 56 [27789];

References

Mustafa, H.A. & Zalmout, I.S. & Smadi, A.A. & Nazzal, I. (2005)
Review of the Middle Eocene (Lutetian) selachian fauna of Jebal eth Thuleithuwat, east Jordan. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen, 237(3), 399–422

Smadi, A. & Abu Azzam, H. & Zalmout, I.S. & Mustafa, H.A. (2003)
Middle Eocene selachian fauna from Wadi Al-Rijla Al-Bayda, Eastern Desert of Jordan. Abhath Al–Yamouk Basic Sciences and Engineering, 12(2b), 619–631

Mustafa, H.A. & Zalmout, I.S. (2002)
Elasmobranchs from the late Eocene Wadi Esh-Shallala Formation of Qa'Faydat ad Dahikiya, east Jordan. Tertiary Research, 21(1–4), 77–94