Acrodus ornatus
Woodward, 1889
Classification: Elasmobranchii Hybodontiformes Acrodontidae
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.
Description:
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Acrodus ornatus sp. nov.; tooth, coronal aspect, three times nat. size, Wealden ; Brixton, I. of Wight, [P. 5275]
Acrodus ornatus sp. nov.; tooth, coronal aspect, three times nat. size, Wealden ; Brixton, I. of Wight, [P. 5275]
Description
Original description of Woodward, 1889 [2593]
Type. Detached tooth; British Museum. An imperfectly known species, founded upon the small tooth, shown, of thrice the natural size, in PI. XIII. fig. 10. The dental coronal contour is low and gently rounded, marked by a longitudinal median wrinkle; the laterally directed wrinkles are short, stout, and marginal, but few extending to the middle line.
Form. & Loc. Wealden; Isle of Wight.
P. 5275, P. 5275 a. Type specimen and a more elongated abraded tooth; Brixton
Original description of Woodward, 1889 [2593]
Type. Detached tooth; British Museum. An imperfectly known species, founded upon the small tooth, shown, of thrice the natural size, in PI. XIII. fig. 10. The dental coronal contour is low and gently rounded, marked by a longitudinal median wrinkle; the laterally directed wrinkles are short, stout, and marginal, but few extending to the middle line.
Form. & Loc. Wealden; Isle of Wight.
P. 5275, P. 5275 a. Type specimen and a more elongated abraded tooth; Brixton
References
The fossil fishes of the English Wealden and Purbeck formations. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society London, 69, 1–48
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
The fossil fishes of the English Wealden and Purbeck formations. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society London, 69, 1–48
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.