Lonchidion conrugis

Wick & Lehman, 2025


Classification: Elasmobranchii Hybodontiformes Lonchidiidae

Reference of the original description
Wick, S.L. & Lehman, T.M. (2025)
New sharks in a chondrichthyan fauna from the Upper Cretaceous Aguja Formation (lower Campanian) of West Texas support biogeographic segregation among chondrichthyans in the Western Interior. Cretaceous Research, 175, Article 106151

Types
Lonchidion conrugis
Holotype: TxVP: 45947-744;


Description:


Citation: Lonchidion conrugis Wick & Lehman, 2025: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 09/2025

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Description
Original diagnosis after Wick & Lehman, 2025 [34567]: Crowns otherwise similar to Lonchidion selachos but are less trenchant, lack lowcusplets, and are distinguished by a sculpture of apicobasally-trending flutes and ridges on the lingual surface

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=17657

References
Wick, S.L. & Lehman, T.M. (2025)
New sharks in a chondrichthyan fauna from the Upper Cretaceous Aguja Formation (lower Campanian) of West Texas support biogeographic segregation among chondrichthyans in the Western Interior. Cretaceous Research, 175, Article 106151
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2025.106151