Notorhynchus kempi

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
Notorhynchus kempi



Description:


Citation: Notorhynchus kempi 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. 119 [2493]: (based on isolated teeth only). Notorynchus with lower antero-lateral teeth from fifteen to over thirty millimeters in length. Mesial cusplets small and even. Principal cusp and distal cusplets low, distally directed with relatively curved mesial and distal cutting edges.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=4188;
(Notorhynchus is a misspelling of Notorynchus, see Ayres, 1855 p. 73 [10209])

References
Ciobanu, R. (2008)
Habitat and biology of romanian Paleogene sharks. Brukenthal, Acta Musei, 3(3), 53–66
Ciobanu, R. (2000)
Angaben zur Hai- und Rochenfauna aus dem Eozän von Turnu Roșu (Rumänien). Naturwissenschaftliche Forschung über Siebenburgen VI. Beitrage zur Geographie, Botanik, Zoologie und Palaontologie. Siebenburgisches Archiv, 36, 265–270
Ciobanu, R. (1998)
Colecţia de selacieni - Richard Breckner [Richard Breckner selachian collection]. Studii şi comunicări, Științele Naturii, Muzeul Brukenthal, 28: 115–119
Lienau, H.-W. (1984)
Die marinen Deckschichten (Mitteleozän-Unteroligozän) der Helmstedter Braunkohlen (Niedersachsen, BRD). Documenta naturae, 22, 1–120
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. (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