Ozarcus mapesae
Pradel, Maisey, Tafforeau, Mapes & Mallatt, 2014
Classification: Holocephali Symmoriiformes Falcatidae
Reference of the original description
A Palaeozoic shark with osteichthyan-like branchial arches. Nature, 509, 608–611
A Palaeozoic shark with osteichthyan-like branchial arches. Nature, 509, 608–611
Description:
Citation: Ozarcus mapesae Pradel, Maisey, Tafforeau, Mapes & Mallatt, 2014: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 09/2026
Description
Original diagnosis after Pradel, Maisey, Tafforeau, Mapes & Mallatt, 2014 [20474]: Falcatidae possessing small cladodont, pentacuspid and symmetrical teeth; ten upper and lower tooth families; palatoquadrate lacks a continuous posterior quadrate margin; no dermal denticles covering the top of the head; no ‘spine–brush’ complex; no laterally extended supraorbital shelf; laterally extended antorbital process that overlies a suborbital process possessing a series of four ridges and grooves for the articulation with the palatoquadrate (SupplementaryNotes and Extended Data Fig. 2).
Original diagnosis after Pradel, Maisey, Tafforeau, Mapes & Mallatt, 2014 [20474]: Falcatidae possessing small cladodont, pentacuspid and symmetrical teeth; ten upper and lower tooth families; palatoquadrate lacks a continuous posterior quadrate margin; no dermal denticles covering the top of the head; no ‘spine–brush’ complex; no laterally extended supraorbital shelf; laterally extended antorbital process that overlies a suborbital process possessing a series of four ridges and grooves for the articulation with the palatoquadrate (SupplementaryNotes and Extended Data Fig. 2).
References
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Rise and diversification of chondrichthyans in the Paleozoic. Paleobiology, 50(2), 271–284
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The Palaeozoic assembly of the holocephalan body plan far preceded post-Cretaceous radiations into the ocean depths. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 291(2033), Article 20241824
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1824
A Palaeozoic shark with osteichthyan-like branchial arches. Nature, 509, 608–611
DOI: 10.1038/nature13195
Vertebrate assemblage and depositional environment of the Fayetteville Shale (Upper Mississippian, middle Chesterian). Geobios, 94, in press
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2025.11.002
Rise and diversification of chondrichthyans in the Paleozoic. Paleobiology, 50(2), 271–284
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2024.1
The Palaeozoic assembly of the holocephalan body plan far preceded post-Cretaceous radiations into the ocean depths. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 291(2033), Article 20241824
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1824
A Palaeozoic shark with osteichthyan-like branchial arches. Nature, 509, 608–611
DOI: 10.1038/nature13195
