Harranahynchus minutadens

Kaddumi, 2009


Classification: Elasmobranchii Rajiformes Sclerorhynchidae

Reference of the original description
Kaddumi, H.F. (2009)
A new genus and species of sawfishes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea) from the late Maastrichtian sediments of Harrana. In Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the Adjacent Areas. Publications of the Eternal River Museum of Natural History, Amman: 178–187

Types
Harranahynchus minutadens
Holotype: ERMNH: HFV 221; Paratype: ERMNH: HFV 222, 223;


Description:


Citation: Harranahynchus minutadens Kaddumi, 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 Kaddumi, 2009 [8842]: As for genus: Short and broad rostrum 2.3 times longer than wide at base; a narrow dental battery along the rostral margins with an immense amount of teeth arranged in diagonal rows; immense amount of minute rostral teeth; teeth from within the proximal regions of the batteries significantly different in morphology than the corresponding marginal rostral teeth; long synarcual with subtnangular anterior lateral stays; small triangular pectoral fins extending posteriorly briefly on body, two dorsal fins situated dose to each other notably posteriorly on body.

References
Guinot, G. & Condamine, F.L. (2023)
Global impact and selectivity of the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction among sharks, skates, and rays. Science, 379, 802–806
DOI: 10.1126/science.abn2080
Kaddumi, H.F. (2009)
A new genus and species of sawfishes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea) from the late Maastrichtian sediments of Harrana. In Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the Adjacent Areas. Publications of the Eternal River Museum of Natural History, Amman: 178–187