Strophodus rebecae

Carrillo-Briceño & Cadena, 2022


Classification: Elasmobranchii Hybodontiformes Acrodontidae

Reference of the original description
Carrillo-Briceño, J.D. & Cadena, E. (2022)
A new hybodontiform shark (Strophodus Agassiz 1838) from the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian-Hauterivian) of Colombia. PeerJ, 10, Article e13496

Types
Strophodus rebecae
Holotype: UR: CP-0131;


Description:


Citation: Strophodus rebecae Carrillo-Briceño & Cadena, 2022: 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 Carrillo-Briceño & Cadena, 2022 [30751]: Species characterized by a typical crushing-type dentition with the following features: (1) Anterolateral teeth with a domed crown and a sub-rhomboidal shape in occlusal outline with vertical edges around their outline ornamented with irregular vertical ridges; (2) Relatively short lateral teeth (in comparison with other Jurassic species) with a parallelogram shape in occlusal outline, slightly domed in mesial section, with a pointed and lingually oriented mesial extremity, and labial and lingual vertical edges around their outline ornamented with irregular vertical ridges; (3) Anterolateral and lateral teeth with an occlusal ornamentation characterized by a reticulated pattern finely-pitted and without a crest.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=16305;

References
Böttcher, R. (2024)
Root resorption during tooth replacement in sharks – a unique character of the Hybodontiformes (Chondrichthyes, Elasmobranchii). Palaeodiversity, 17(1), 121–194
DOI: 10.18476/pale.v17.a6
Carrillo-Briceño, J.D. & Cadena, E. (2022)
A new hybodontiform shark (Strophodus Agassiz 1838) from the Lower Cretaceous (Valanginian-Hauterivian) of Colombia. PeerJ, 10, Article e13496
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13496