Mesolophodus problematicus

Woodward, 1889


Classification: Euchondrocephali incert. sedis incert. fam.

Reference of the original description
Woodward, A.S. (1889)
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.

Types
Mesolophodus problematicus
Holotype: NHMUK: PV P 2641;

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Mesolophodus problematicus gen. & sp. nov.: two teeth, anterior and posterior aspects, L. Carbfs. Limst.; Armagh. [P. 2641.]

Description
Original description of Woodward, 1889 [2593]
Type. Detached teeth shown, nat. size, in PI. I. figs. 18, 19. Single known species.
Form. & Loc. Lower Carboniferous Limestone: Armagh.
P. 2641. Type specimens. The original of PI. I. fig. 18 is a nearly complete crown displaying the anterior aspect. The tooth shown in PI. I. fig. 19 is nearly complete and exhibits the characters of the posterior aspect.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=9283;
type species of Mesolophodus Woodward 1889 [2593] by original designation (Art. 68.2 ICZN);

valid after Woodward (1889) p. 61 [2593]

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, in press
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2024.1
Ginter, M. & Hampe, O. & Duffin, C.J. (2010)
Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Vol. 3D: Chondrichthyes Paleozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, pp. 168, 154 fig., 4 Tab.
Woodward, A.S. (1889)
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.