Squalicorax benguerirensis

Cappetta, Adnet, Akkrim & Amalik, 2014


Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Anacoracidae

Reference of the original description
Cappetta, H. & Adnet, S. & Akkrim, D. & Amalik, M. (2014)
New Squalicorax species (Neoselachii: Lamniformes) from the Lower Maastrichtian of Ganntour phosphate deposit, Morocco. Palaeovertebrata, 38, Article e3

Types
Squalicorax benguerirensis
Holotype: BEG: C6.19; Paratype: BEG: C6.17; BEG: C6.22; BEG: C6.24; BEG: C6.25;


Description:


Citation: Squalicorax benguerirensis Cappetta, Adnet, Akkrim & Amalik, 2014: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 03/2024

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Squalicorax benguerirensis Cappetta, Adnet, Akkrim & Amalik, 2014, Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian, Layer C6, Benguerir, Morocco © Jean-Francois LHOMME, www.vertebres-fossiles.com

Description
Original diagnose after Cappetta et al. (2014) p. 3 [21747]: Species characterized by its rather labio-lingually compressed teeth and being able to reach a relatively large size (up to about 25 mm total width). Cutting edges with strong serrations secondarily serrated; root high; cusp with acute apex less than 90°; distal notch absent on the anterior and antero-lateral teeth but present on lateral and very lateral ones. Presence of a flatness of the root at the site of the lingual protuberance; labial face of the crown with a barely significant basal bulge.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=14182;
valid after Cappetta et al. (2014) p. 3 [21747];


References
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Condamine, F.L. & Romieu, J. & Guinot, G. (2019)
Climate cooling and clade competition likely drove the decline of lamniform sharks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(41), 20584–20590
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Cappetta, H. & Adnet, S. & Akkrim, D. & Amalik, M. (2014)
New Squalicorax species (Neoselachii: Lamniformes) from the Lower Maastrichtian of Ganntour phosphate deposit, Morocco. Palaeovertebrata, 38, Article e3