Cynopodius robustus

Burrow, Turner, Itano, & Den Blaauwen & Stewart, 2025


Classification: Euchondrocephali incert. sedis incert. fam.

Reference of the original description
Burrow, C.J. & Turner, S. & Itano, W.M. & Den Blaauwen, J.L. & Stewart, S. (2025)
Cynopodius, a long-toothed chondrichthyan from the Carboniferous of Scotland and the USA. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , in press

Types
Cynopodius robustus
Holotype: FMNH(fossil): PF 14923; Paratype: FMNH(fossil): PF 14922, 14924, 14925; FMNH(fossil): PF 14027;


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Citation: Cynopodius robustus Burrow, Turner, Itano, & Den Blaauwen & Stewart, 2025: 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 Burrow, Turner, Itano, & Den Blaauwen & Stewart, 2025 [35038]: Elements are up to 23 mm high, relatively straight. Spatulate expansions are c. 35 % total height of elements, with eight or ten denticulations. Shaft does not narrow centrally, and has a higher width:height ratio compared with C. crenulatus.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=17711

References
Burrow, C.J. & Turner, S. & Itano, W.M. & Den Blaauwen, J.L. & Stewart, S. (2025)
Cynopodius, a long-toothed chondrichthyan from the Carboniferous of Scotland and the USA. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , in press
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691025100777