Hexanchus collinsonae

Ward, 1979


Classification: Elasmobranchii Hexanchiformes Hexanchidae

Reference of the original description
Ward, D.J. (1979)
Additions to the fish fauna of the English Palaeogene. 3. A review of the Hexanchid sharks with a description of four new species. Tertiary Research, 2(3), 111–129

Types
Hexanchus collinsonae
Holotype: BMNH.: P.60134; Paratype: BMNH.: P.60135; BMNH.: P.60136;


Description:


Citation: Hexanchus collinsonae Ward, 1979: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 12/2024

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Description
Original diagnose after Ward (1979) p. 117 [2493]: (Based on isolated antero-lateral teeth only). Hexanchus having small teeth, approximately one and a half times as long as high. Principal cusp barely larger than the first distal cusplet. Serration at base of mesial cutting edge varying from slight to strong. Root deep apico-basally. Root crown junction not parallel to lingua l longitudinal protuberance.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=2847;
valid after Ward (1979) p. 117 [2493]; Adnet & Martin (2007) p. 285 [22];


References
Rayner, D. & Mitchell, T. & Rayner, M. (2009)
London Clay Fossils of Kent and Essex. Rochester, Kent, Medway Fossil and Mineral Society, 228 p, ISBN: 978–0–9538243–1–1
Adnet, S. & Martin, R.A. (2007)
Increase of body size in sixgill sharks with change in diet as a possible background of their evolution. Historical Biology, 19(4), 279–289
DOI: 10.1080/08912960701194461
Adnet, S. (2006)
Biometric analysis of the teeth of fossil and Recent hexanchid sharks and its taxonomic implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 51(3), 477–488
Clouter, F. & Mitchell, T. & Rayner, D. & Rayner, M. (2000)
London Clay Fossils of the Isle of Sheppey. Medway Lapidary and Mineral Society, ISBN 0-9538243-0-6, 100pp.
Kemp, D.J. (1982)
Fossil sharks, rays and chimaeroids of the English Tertiary period. Gosport Museum, 1–47, 10 fig., 3 tabl., 16 pl.
Ward, D.J. (1980)
The distribution of sharks, rays and chimaeroids in the English Palaeogene. Tertiary Research, 3(1), 13–19
Ward, D.J. (1979)
Additions to the fish fauna of the English Palaeogene. 3. A review of the Hexanchid sharks with a description of four new species. Tertiary Research, 2(3), 111–129