Cristatodens sigmoidalis

Ginter & Sun, 2007


Classification: Euchondrocephali Orodontiformes Leiodontidae

Reference of the original description
Ginter, M. & Sun, Y. (2007)
Chondrichthyan remains from the Lower Carboniferous of Muhua, southern China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 52(4), 705–727

Types
Cristatodens sigmoidalis
Holotype: PKUM: 02−0165;


Description:


Citation: Cristatodens sigmoidalis Ginter & Sun, 2007: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 09/2026

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Material
Material of the first description [3144]: 3 teeth and 2 crowns

Description
Original diagnosis after Ginter & Sun, 2007 [3144]: Cristatodens in which the occlusal crest is sigmoidal in oral view.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=7713;
type species of Cristatodens Ginter & Sun, 2007 [3144] by original designation (Art. 68.2 ICZN);

References
Schnetz, L. & Dunne, E.M. & Feichtinger, I. & Butler, R.J. & Coates, M.I. & Sansom, I.J. (2024)
Rise and diversification of chondrichthyans in the Paleozoic. Paleobiology, 50(2), 271–284
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2024.1
Ginter, M. & Hampe, O. & Duffin, C.J. (2010)
Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Vol. 3D: Chondrichthyes Paleozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, pp. 168, 154 fig., 4 Tab.
Ginter, M. & Sun, Y. (2007)
Chondrichthyan remains from the Lower Carboniferous of Muhua, southern China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 52(4), 705–727