Canyonlepis smithae

Andreev, Coates, Shelton, Cooper, Smith & Sansom, 2015

Classification: incert. sedis incert. fam.

Reference of the original description

Andreev, P.S. & Coates, M.I. & Shelton, R.M. & Cooper, P.R. & Smith, M.P. & Sansom, I.J. (2015)
Upper Ordovician chondrichthyan-like scales from North America. Palaeontology, 58(4), 691–704

Types
Canyonlepis smithae
Holotype: BU: 5265;

Description:

Citation: Canyonlepis smithae Andreev, Coates, Shelton, Cooper, Smith & Sansom, 2015: 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 Andreev, Coates, Shelton, Cooper, Smith & Sansom, 2015 [22511]: Fish possessing growing polyodontode scales with crowns composed of up to eight ovate odontodes organized into three sutured odontocomplexes. Odontode size changes randomly inside scale crowns. Crown surface of odontodes ornamented by vertical ridges.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=14351;
type species of Canyonlepis Andreev, Coates, Shelton, Cooper, Smith & Sansom, 2015 [22511] by original designation (Art. 68.2 ICZN);

References

Schnetz, L. & Dunne, E.M. & Feichtinger, I. & Butler, R.J. & Coates, M.I. & Sansom, I.J. (2024)
Rise and diversification of chondrichthyans in the Paleozoic. Paleobiology, 50(2), 271–284
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2024.1

Andreev, P.S. & Coates, M.I. & Shelton, R.M. & Cooper, P.R. & Smith, M.P. & Sansom, I.J. (2015)
Upper Ordovician chondrichthyan-like scales from North America. Palaeontology, 58(4), 691–704
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12167