Strophodus jaisalmerensis

Kumar, Bajpai, Pandey, Ghosh & Bhattacharya, 2021


Classification: Elasmobranchii Hybodontiformes Acrodontidae

Reference of the original description
Kumar, K. & Bajpai, S. & Pandey, P. & Ghosh, T. & Bhattacharya, D. (2021)
Hybodont sharks from the Jurassic of Jaisalmer, western India. Historical Biology, 34(6), 953–963

Types
Strophodus jaisalmerensis
Holotype: GSIWRJP: RWR 216;


Description:


Citation: Strophodus jaisalmerensis Kumar, Bajpai, Pandey, Ghosh & Bhattacharya, 2021: 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 Kumar, Bajpai, Pandey, Ghosh & Bhattacharya, 2021 [29911]: Hybodont shark with crushing-type dentition diagnosed by a combination of the following characters: symphyseal teeth with a strongly bent, symmetrical crown (in labio-lingual view), with a weak occlusal crest and a weakly developed reticulate ornamentation; anterior teeth strongly arched, triangular, asymmetric, with a reticulate ornamentation on the occlusal surface and without a crest on the crown; antero-lateral teeth with a sub-triangular to rhomboidal occlusal outline, more elongate and less arched than the anteriors, with a coarsely reticulated ornamentation, and without a longitudinal crest on occlusal surface, root perforated by several small and large foramina; lateral teeth with a noticeably thin crown (~ 3 mm) with a parallelogram-shaped occlusal outline, occlusal surface nearly flat or gently sinuous due to slightly domed mesial and distal extremities; occlusal surface lacks any trace of a crest; ornamentation consists of a finely pitted, reticulate pattern, passing in to vertical ridges at the crown edges.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=16152;

References
Ghosh, T. & Swami, N.K. & Kumar, K. & Maurya, A.S. & Bajpai, S. (2025)
An assemblage of Middle Jurassic hybodonts from Jaisalmer Basin, western India. Historical Biology, 37(9), 2055–2064
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2024.2412131
Kumar, K. & Bajpai, S. & Pandey, P. & Ghosh, T. & Bhattacharya, D. (2021)
Hybodont sharks from the Jurassic of Jaisalmer, western India. Historical Biology, 34(6), 953–963
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2021.1954920