Pristis cudmorei

Chapman, 1917


Classification: Elasmobranchii Rhinopristiformes Pristidae

Reference of the original description
Chapman, F. (1917)
New or Little-known Victorian Fossils in the National Museum. Part XX. Some Tertiary Fish-Teeth. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 29, 134–140

Image of the original description

Pristis cudmorei Chapman, 1917 Plate IX, fig. 7

Types
Pristis cudmorei
Holotype: NMV.: P13029;


Description:


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Description
Original diagnose after Chapman (1917) p. 139 [443]:
Pristis cudmorei, sp. nov. (Plate IX., Fig. 7).
Description.—Dermal teeth of rostrum, flattened-conical and curved; bluntly pointed. Inner, concave edge rounded; the convex margin cultrate. Base nearly straight across, but slightly hollowed below, the surface in contact with the cartilaginous socket of the rostrum being roughened for attachment. Surface of tooth even but for a few longitudinal grooves around the base. The surface of the tooth when magnified shows numerous longitudinal striae, very fine and distinct.
Dimensions of Holotype.—Length of tooth, 17.5 mm.; width at base, 7.5 mm. ; greatest thickness, 4 mm. The smaller specimen has a length of 15 mm.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=5055;
valid after Chapman (1917) p. 139 [443];

References
Kemp, N.R. (1982)
Chondrichthyans in the Tertiary of Australia. In : Rich, P.V., Thompson, E.M. (Eds), The fossil vertebrate record of Australasia. Clayton, Victoria, Australia, Monash University Offset Printing Unit: 88–118
Pledge, N.S. (1967)
Fossil Elasmobranch teeth of South Australia and their stratigraphic distribution. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 91, 135–160
Cudmore, F.A. (1926)
Extinct Vertebrates from Beaumaris. Victorian Naturalist, 43(3), 78–82
Chapman, F. & Cudmore, F.A. (1924)
Some Cainozoic fish remains, vvith a revision of the group. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 36, 107–162
Chapman, F. (1917)
New or Little-known Victorian Fossils in the National Museum. Part XX. Some Tertiary Fish-Teeth. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 29, 134–140