Cyrtonodus hornei
Woodward, 1889
Classification: Holocephali Cochliodontiformes Cochliodontidae
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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Cyrtonodus hornei sp. nov. ; dental plate, coronal aspect, [P 4913]
Cyrtonodus hornei sp. nov. ; dental plate, coronal aspect, [P 4913]
Description
Original description of Woodward, 1889 [2593]:
Type. Detached dental plate; British Museum. Dental plates differing from those of C. gibbus in the relatively less antero-posterior extension and the more rounded and prominent character of the coronal elevation.
Form. & Loc. Upper Carboniferous Limestone: Yorkshire.
P. 4908. Type specimen shown, of the natural size, in PI. VI. fig. 26; also a more imperfect dental plate; Yoredale Rocks,WensIcydale.
Original description of Woodward, 1889 [2593]:
Type. Detached dental plate; British Museum. Dental plates differing from those of C. gibbus in the relatively less antero-posterior extension and the more rounded and prominent character of the coronal elevation.
Form. & Loc. Upper Carboniferous Limestone: Yorkshire.
P. 4908. Type specimen shown, of the natural size, in PI. VI. fig. 26; also a more imperfect dental plate; Yoredale Rocks,WensIcydale.
References
Rise and diversification of chondrichthyans in the Paleozoic. Paleobiology, in press
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2024.1
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, in press
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2024.1
Catalogue of the fossil fishes in the British Museum. Part. I. British Museum (Natural History): 474 p., fig., 17 pl.
