Weltonia burnhamensis
Ward, 1979
Classification: Elasmobranchii Hexanchiformes Hexanchidae
Reference of the original description
Additions to the fish fauna of the English Palaeogene. 3. A review of the Hexanchid sharks with a description of four new species. Tertiary Research, 2(3), 111–129
Additions to the fish fauna of the English Palaeogene. 3. A review of the Hexanchid sharks with a description of four new species. Tertiary Research, 2(3), 111–129
Types
Weltonia burnhamensis
Holotype: BMNH.: P.60137; NHMUK: PV P 60137; Paratype: BMNH.: P.60138; BMNH.: P.60139; NHMUK: PV P 60139; NHMUK: PV P 60138; NHMUK: PV P 28890 d;
Weltonia burnhamensis
Holotype: BMNH.: P.60137; NHMUK: PV P 60137; Paratype: BMNH.: P.60138; BMNH.: P.60139; NHMUK: PV P 60139; NHMUK: PV P 60138; NHMUK: PV P 28890 d;
Description:
Citation: Weltonia burnhamensis Ward, 1979: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 10/2024
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Weltonia burnhamensis Ward, 1979; Early Eocene, Ypresian, London Clay (Division D), Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK. Collection and © Adam Anderson
Weltonia burnhamensis Ward, 1979; Early Eocene, Ypresian, London Clay (Division D), Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK. Collection and © Adam Anderson
Description
Original diagnose after Ward (1979) p. 119 [2493]: (based on isolated lower antero-lateral teeth only). Weltonia having principal cusp approximately 50% longer than the first of the five to eight distal cusplets. Gradient monognathic, heterodonty present.
Original diagnose after Ward (1979) p. 119 [2493]: (based on isolated lower antero-lateral teeth only). Weltonia having principal cusp approximately 50% longer than the first of the five to eight distal cusplets. Gradient monognathic, heterodonty present.
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=7512;
valid after Ward (1979) p. 118 [2493]; Migom et al. (2021) p. 13 [29914];
shark-references Species-ID=7512;
valid after Ward (1979) p. 118 [2493]; Migom et al. (2021) p. 13 [29914];
References
Faszination Haie – Die Welt der fossilen und der lebenden Haie. Der Steinkern, 58, 1–116
Fossile hajtaender fra Trelde Naes. Self-published
The Lower Eocene (Ypresian) Chondrichthyes from Egem, Belgium. Part 1, Orders: Hexanchiformes, Squaliformes, Squatiniformes, Heterodontiformes and Orectolobiformes. Palaeo Ichthyologica, 15, 1–55
A study of the sharks and rays from the Lillebælt Clay (Early–Middle Eocene) of Denmark, and their palaeoecology. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, 62, 39–88
DOI: 10.37570/bgsd-2014-62-04
London Clay Fossils of Kent and Essex. Rochester, Kent, Medway Fossil and Mineral Society, 228 p, ISBN: 978–0–9538243–1–1
London Clay Fossils of the Isle of Sheppey. Medway Lapidary and Mineral Society, ISBN 0-9538243-0-6, 100pp.
Fossil sharks, rays and chimaeroids of the English Tertiary period. Gosport Museum, 1–47, 10 fig., 3 tabl., 16 pl.
The distribution of sharks, rays and chimaeroids in the English Palaeogene. Tertiary Research, 3(1), 13–19
Additions to the fish fauna of the English Palaeogene. 3. A review of the Hexanchid sharks with a description of four new species. Tertiary Research, 2(3), 111–129
Faszination Haie – Die Welt der fossilen und der lebenden Haie. Der Steinkern, 58, 1–116
Fossile hajtaender fra Trelde Naes. Self-published
The Lower Eocene (Ypresian) Chondrichthyes from Egem, Belgium. Part 1, Orders: Hexanchiformes, Squaliformes, Squatiniformes, Heterodontiformes and Orectolobiformes. Palaeo Ichthyologica, 15, 1–55
A study of the sharks and rays from the Lillebælt Clay (Early–Middle Eocene) of Denmark, and their palaeoecology. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark, 62, 39–88
DOI: 10.37570/bgsd-2014-62-04
London Clay Fossils of Kent and Essex. Rochester, Kent, Medway Fossil and Mineral Society, 228 p, ISBN: 978–0–9538243–1–1
London Clay Fossils of the Isle of Sheppey. Medway Lapidary and Mineral Society, ISBN 0-9538243-0-6, 100pp.
Fossil sharks, rays and chimaeroids of the English Tertiary period. Gosport Museum, 1–47, 10 fig., 3 tabl., 16 pl.
The distribution of sharks, rays and chimaeroids in the English Palaeogene. Tertiary Research, 3(1), 13–19
Additions to the fish fauna of the English Palaeogene. 3. A review of the Hexanchid sharks with a description of four new species. Tertiary Research, 2(3), 111–129
