Chiloscyllium serralheiroi
Landau, Hovestadt & Silva, 2025
Classification: Elasmobranchii Orectolobiformes Hemiscylliidae
Reference of the original description
A new chondrichthyan (Sharks and Rays) Fossil Assemblage from the Miocene Cacela Fm. at Albufeira (Algarve, Portugal) with two new species: Palaeoecology and Biogeography. Zootaxa, 5724(1), 1–66
A new chondrichthyan (Sharks and Rays) Fossil Assemblage from the Miocene Cacela Fm. at Albufeira (Algarve, Portugal) with two new species: Palaeoecology and Biogeography. Zootaxa, 5724(1), 1–66
Types
Chiloscyllium serralheiroi
Holotype: NHMW: 2025/0177/0023; Paratype: NHMW: 2025/0177/0024; NHMW: 2025/0177/0025;
Chiloscyllium serralheiroi
Holotype: NHMW: 2025/0177/0023; Paratype: NHMW: 2025/0177/0024; NHMW: 2025/0177/0025;
Description:
Citation: Chiloscyllium serralheiroi Landau, Hovestadt & Silva, 2025: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 05/2026
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Description
Diagnosis after Landau, Hovestadt & Silva, 2025 [35130]: Gradient monognathic heterodont. High anterior tooth lacking any ornamentation, mesial and distal cusplet absent. Teeth up to 2.5 mm wide, anterior teeth higher than wide. Main cusp triangular, elongate and lingually directed. Principal cusp of lateral and posterior teeth inclined towards commissure. Basal edge of the apron convex and strongly overhanging the root. Root hemiaulacorhizid and heart-shaped with wide mediocentral foramen.
Diagnosis after Landau, Hovestadt & Silva, 2025 [35130]: Gradient monognathic heterodont. High anterior tooth lacking any ornamentation, mesial and distal cusplet absent. Teeth up to 2.5 mm wide, anterior teeth higher than wide. Main cusp triangular, elongate and lingually directed. Principal cusp of lateral and posterior teeth inclined towards commissure. Basal edge of the apron convex and strongly overhanging the root. Root hemiaulacorhizid and heart-shaped with wide mediocentral foramen.
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=17833
shark-references Species-ID=17833
References
A new chondrichthyan (Sharks and Rays) Fossil Assemblage from the Miocene Cacela Fm. at Albufeira (Algarve, Portugal) with two new species: Palaeoecology and Biogeography. Zootaxa, 5724(1), 1–66
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5724.1.1
A new chondrichthyan (Sharks and Rays) Fossil Assemblage from the Miocene Cacela Fm. at Albufeira (Algarve, Portugal) with two new species: Palaeoecology and Biogeography. Zootaxa, 5724(1), 1–66
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5724.1.1
