Taklamakanolepis asiaticus

Andreev, Zhao, Wang, Smith, Li, Cui, Zhu & Sansom, 2020

Classification: Mongolepidida Mongolepididae

Reference of the original description

Andreev, P.S. & Zhao, W. & Wang, N.-Z. & Smith, M.M. & Li, Q. & Cui, X. & Zhu, M. & Sansom, I.J. (2020)
Early Silurian chondrichthyans from the Tarim Basin (Xinjiang, China). PLoS ONE, 15(2), Article e0228589

Types
Taklamakanolepis asiaticus
Holotype: IVPP: V 11952.6;

Description:

Citation: Taklamakanolepis asiaticus Andreev, Zhao, Wang, Smith, Li, Cui, Zhu & Sansom, 2020: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 08/2026

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Description
Original diagnosis after Andreev, Zhao, Wang, Smith, Li, Cui, Zhu & Sansom, 2020 [28168]: Mongolepid species possessing scales without a clearly differentiated neck. Crown odontodes overlap in parallel rows and constitute arched elements ornamented with a continuous primary ridge flanked by considerably shallower accessory ridges.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=15822;
type species of Taklamakanolepis Andreev, Zhao, Wang, Smith, Li, Cui, Zhu & Sansom, 2020 [28168] by monotypy (Art. 68.3 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