Emerikodus ektrapelus

Trinajstic & George, 2009


Classification: Elasmobranchii Ctenacanthiformes incert. fam.

Reference of the original description
Trinajstic, K. & George, A.D. (2009)
Microvertebrate Biostratigraphy of Upper Devonian (Frasnian) Carbonate Rocks in the Canning and Carnarvon Basins of Western Australia. Palaeontology, 52(3), 641–659

Types
Emerikodus ektrapelus
Holotype: WAM(fossil): 97.1.17;


Description:


Citation: Emerikodus ektrapelus Trinajstic & George, 2009: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 09/2026

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Description
Original diagnosis after Trinajstic & George, 2009 [18174]: Tooth with four cusps, one central cusp, two lateral cusps and one medial cusp. Cusps all have strong double ribbed striations. Lingually six cusplets. Crown shows no micro-ornament. D-shaped, deeply concave base laterally elongate and root exhibits anaulacorhize vascularisation (sensu Casier 1947).

References
Trinajstic, K. & George, A.D. (2009)
Microvertebrate Biostratigraphy of Upper Devonian (Frasnian) Carbonate Rocks in the Canning and Carnarvon Basins of Western Australia. Palaeontology, 52(3), 641–659
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00870.x