Squalicorax microserratodon

Shimada, 2008


Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Anacoracidae

Reference of the original description
Shimada, K. (2008)
New anacoracid shark from Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(4), 1189–1194

Types
Squalicorax microserratodon
Holotype: KUVP: 141876;


Description:


Citation: Squalicorax microserratodon Shimada, 2008: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2024

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Description
Original diagnose after Shimada (2008) p. 1189 [4646]: Small teeth (measuring up to approximately 4 mm in total tooth height in holotype); crown highly asymmetrical because of distally inclined, triangular cusp and gently convex distal heel; lingual face of cusp and distal heel more convex than their labial face; mesial cusp margin gently convex or slightly indented at middle; distal cusp margin straight or slightly concave except near its apex that tends to be slightly convex; distal heel apicobasally low and mesiodistally short, and poorly demarcated from distal edge of cusp in more erect, presumably anteriorly located teeth; small but well-defined serrations along cusp and distal heel margins; distally directed cusp apex not extending beyond distal demarcation of distal heel; tooth neck between crown and root on lingual face rather narrow; crown base on labial side weakly overhanging bilobed root; basal concavity of root between lobes gently arched ( shallow and broad); lingual root face gently separated into apical and basal faces without lingual protuberance at middle; many minute shallow pits (= porous) particularly on basal face of lingual root face as well as middle of labial root face.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=8131;
valid after Shimada (2008) p. 1189 [4646];

synonym of Nanocorax microserratodon after Guinot et al. (2013) p. 623 [24889];


References
Shimada, K. (2008)
New anacoracid shark from Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(4), 1189–1194
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1189