Mesolophodus problematicus
Woodward, 1889
Classification: Euchondrocephali incert. sedis incert. fam.
Reference of the original description
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
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Mesolophodus problematicus gen. & sp. nov.: two teeth, anterior and posterior aspects, L. Carbfs. Limst.; Armagh. [P. 2641.]
Mesolophodus problematicus gen. & sp. nov.: two teeth, anterior and posterior aspects, L. Carbfs. Limst.; Armagh. [P. 2641.]
Description
Original description of Woodward, 1889 [2593]
Type. Detached teeth shown, nat. size, in PI. I. figs. 18, 19. Single known species.
Form. & Loc. Lower Carboniferous Limestone: Armagh.
P. 2641. Type specimens. The original of PI. I. fig. 18 is a nearly complete crown displaying the anterior aspect. The tooth shown in PI. I. fig. 19 is nearly complete and exhibits the characters of the posterior aspect.
Original description of Woodward, 1889 [2593]
Type. Detached teeth shown, nat. size, in PI. I. figs. 18, 19. Single known species.
Form. & Loc. Lower Carboniferous Limestone: Armagh.
P. 2641. Type specimens. The original of PI. I. fig. 18 is a nearly complete crown displaying the anterior aspect. The tooth shown in PI. I. fig. 19 is nearly complete and exhibits the characters of the posterior aspect.
References
Rise and diversification of chondrichthyans in the Paleozoic. Paleobiology, 50(2), 271–284
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2024.1
Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Vol. 3D: Chondrichthyes Paleozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, pp. 168, 154 fig., 4 Tab.
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
Rise and diversification of chondrichthyans in the Paleozoic. Paleobiology, 50(2), 271–284
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2024.1
Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Vol. 3D: Chondrichthyes Paleozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, pp. 168, 154 fig., 4 Tab.
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
