Nanocorax microserratodon

(Shimada, 2008)


Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Anacoracidae

Reference of the original description
Shimada, K. (2008)
New anacoracid shark from Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(4), 1189–1194

Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Squalicorax microserratodon

Types
Nanocorax microserratodon

Squalicorax microserratodon
Holotype: KUVP: 141876;


Description:


Citation: Nanocorax microserratodon (Shimada, 2008): In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 10/2024

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Description
Original diagnose after Shimada (2008) p. 1189 [4646]: Small teeth (measuring up to approximately 4 mm in total tooth height in holotype); crown highly asymmetrical because of distally inclined, triangular cusp and gently convex distal heel; lingual face of cusp and distal heel more convex than their labial face; mesial cusp margin gently convex or slightly indented at middle; distal cusp margin straight or slightly concave except near its apex that tends to be slightly convex; distal heel apicobasally low and mesiodistally short, and poorly demarcated from distal edge of cusp in more erect, presumably anteriorly located teeth; small but well-defined serrations along cusp and distal heel margins; distally directed cusp apex not extending beyond distal demarcation of distal heel; tooth neck between crown and root on lingual face rather narrow; crown base on labial side weakly overhanging bilobed root; basal concavity of root between lobes gently arched ( shallow and broad); lingual root face gently separated into apical and basal faces without lingual protuberance at middle; many minute shallow pits (= porous) particularly on basal face of lingual root face as well as middle of labial root face.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=13560;
valid after Guinot et al. (2013) p. 623 [24889];


References
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Fossil vertebrates from a unique marine bonebed of the Upper Cretaceous Smoky Hill Chalk, western Kansas, USA: new insights into the paleoecology of the Niobrara Formation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 41(6), Article e2066999
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New anacoracid shark from Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(4), 1189–1194
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