Alopias leeensis
Ward, 1978
Classification: Elasmobranchii Lamniformes Alopiidae
Reference of the original description
Additions to the fish fauna of the English Palaeogene. 1. Two new species of Alopias (Thresher Shark) from the English Eocene. Tertiary Research, 2(1), 23–28
Additions to the fish fauna of the English Palaeogene. 1. Two new species of Alopias (Thresher Shark) from the English Eocene. Tertiary Research, 2(1), 23–28
Image of the original description
Alopias leeensis Ward, 1978; Holotype P59533, Eocene, Lutetian, Upper Bracklesham Beds, Lee-on-the-Solent, UK © D. Ward
Alopias leeensis Ward, 1978; Holotype P59533, Eocene, Lutetian, Upper Bracklesham Beds, Lee-on-the-Solent, UK © D. Ward
Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Alopias cf. leeensis, Alopias leensis
Alopias cf. leeensis, Alopias leensis
Description:
Citation: Alopias leeensis Ward, 1978: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 12/2024
Description
Original diagnose after Ward (1978) p. 25 [2491]: Alopias known only by large isolated teeth. Crown inflated, robust, triangular, wide based with rounded tip, upright in anterior teeth, inclined in laterals. Root massive, median groove absent.
Original diagnose after Ward (1978) p. 25 [2491]: Alopias known only by large isolated teeth. Crown inflated, robust, triangular, wide based with rounded tip, upright in anterior teeth, inclined in laterals. Root massive, median groove absent.
References
Climate cooling and clade competition likely drove the decline of lamniform sharks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(41), 20584–20590
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902693116
Les élasmobranches fossiles du Paléogène des Landes (Sud-Ouest, France). Implications dans la connaissance des communautés d'élasmobranches d'eaux profondes. Evolution des Squaliformes et paléoécologie. 211 p., 23 fig., annexes, 40 pl. Dipl. Doct., Univ. Montpellier II.
An Illustrated Guide to the British Middle Eocene Vertebrates. Privately published, London, 59 pp.
Fossil sharks, rays and chimaeroids of the English Tertiary period. Gosport Museum, 1–47, 10 fig., 3 tabl., 16 pl.
The distribution of sharks, rays and chimaeroids in the English Palaeogene. Tertiary Research, 3(1), 13–19
Additions to the fish fauna of the English Palaeogene. 1. Two new species of Alopias (Thresher Shark) from the English Eocene. Tertiary Research, 2(1), 23–28
Climate cooling and clade competition likely drove the decline of lamniform sharks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(41), 20584–20590
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902693116
Les élasmobranches fossiles du Paléogène des Landes (Sud-Ouest, France). Implications dans la connaissance des communautés d'élasmobranches d'eaux profondes. Evolution des Squaliformes et paléoécologie. 211 p., 23 fig., annexes, 40 pl. Dipl. Doct., Univ. Montpellier II.
An Illustrated Guide to the British Middle Eocene Vertebrates. Privately published, London, 59 pp.
Fossil sharks, rays and chimaeroids of the English Tertiary period. Gosport Museum, 1–47, 10 fig., 3 tabl., 16 pl.
The distribution of sharks, rays and chimaeroids in the English Palaeogene. Tertiary Research, 3(1), 13–19
Additions to the fish fauna of the English Palaeogene. 1. Two new species of Alopias (Thresher Shark) from the English Eocene. Tertiary Research, 2(1), 23–28
