Lonchidion cf. selachos
(Estes, 1964)
Classification: Elasmobranchii Hybodontiformes Lonchidiidae
Reference of the original description
Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, Eastern Wyoming. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences, 49, 1–180
Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, Eastern Wyoming. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences, 49, 1–180
Types
Lonchidion cf. selachos
Lonchidion cf. selachos
Description:
Citation: Lonchidion cf. selachos (Estes, 1964): 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 Estes, 1964 [788]: Tiny fresh-water hybodonts with nonsculptured, elongate lateral teeth having a large labial projection. Interpreted anterior teeth tricuspid and with a median root canal, which. is lacking in the massive root of the lateral teeth.
Original diagnosis after Estes, 1964 [788]: Tiny fresh-water hybodonts with nonsculptured, elongate lateral teeth having a large labial projection. Interpreted anterior teeth tricuspid and with a median root canal, which. is lacking in the massive root of the lateral teeth.
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=17685
shark-references Species-ID=17685
References
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
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
