Echinorhinus eyrensis

Pledge, 1992


Classification: Elasmobranchii Echinorhiniformes Echinorhinidae

Types
Echinorhinus eyrensis
Holotype: CPC: 30663;


Description by Pollerspoeck, Juergen:

Benediktinerring 34, D-94569 Stephansposching; juergen.pollerspoeck@shark-references.com
Citation: Echinorhinus eyrensis Pledge, 1992: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 03/2024

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Distribution Geographic
type locality: 66/DR3C, Eyre Terrace, depth between 3285m and 3506 m, Great Australian Bright, Australia [1918];
other localities:


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Distribution Strategraphy
Maastrichian, Late Cretaceous [1918];

Measurement
holotype: 13,8 mm root [1918];

Material
only the holotype

Description
Original diagnose after PLEDGE, 1992 [1918]: An Echinorhinus with relatively high and erect main cusp; mesial and distal secondary cusps pointing upwards and divergent; mesial cusp slightly larger than distal one; and a pair of minute basal cusps mesially and distally. The specimen differs from all described species (Pfeil, 1983 [1886]), except E. cookei and E. pfauntschi, in size and orientation of main cusp; from all species, except possibly E. blakei, in orientation and size of mesial and distal secondary cusps; and from all species in relative positions of mesial and distal secondary and basal cusps.

Discussion
no record after the first description

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=2065;

References
Pollerspöck, J. (2013)
Echinorhinus caspius, Echinorhinus richiardii, Echinorhinus pollerspoecki, Echinorhinus schoenfeldi, Echinorhinus cf. riepli, Echinorhinus priscus, Paraechinorhinus riepli, Echinorhinus sp., Echinorhinus pfauntschi, Echinorhinus blakei, Echinorhinus pozzii, Echinorhinus kelleyi, Echinorhinus weltoni, Echinorhinus eyrensis, Echinorhinus australis, Gibbechinorhinus lewyi, Orthechinorhinus pfeili, In Database of fossil elasmobranchteeth, www.shark–references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2013
Adnet, S. & Guinot, G. & Cappetta, H. & Welcomme, J.-L. (2012)
Oldest evidence of bramble sharks (Elasmobranchii, Echinorhinidae) in the Lower Cretaceous of southeast France and the evolutionary history of orbitostylic sharks. (plus Supplementary data). Cretaceous Research, 35, 81–87
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.11.021
Pledge, N.S. (1992)
Fossil shark teeth dredged from the Great Australian Bight. BMR Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics, 13, 15–18