Pristis cudmorei
Chapman, 1917
Classification: Elasmobranchii Rhinopristiformes Pristidae
Reference of the original description
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
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
Pristis cudmorei Chapman, 1917 Plate IX, fig. 7
Description:
Citation: Pristis cudmorei Chapman, 1917: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 12/2024
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.
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.
References
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
Fossil Elasmobranch teeth of South Australia and their stratigraphic distribution. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 91, 135–160
Extinct Vertebrates from Beaumaris. Victorian Naturalist, 43(3), 78–82
Some Cainozoic fish remains, vvith a revision of the group. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 36, 107–162
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
Fossil Elasmobranch teeth of South Australia and their stratigraphic distribution. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 91, 135–160
Extinct Vertebrates from Beaumaris. Victorian Naturalist, 43(3), 78–82
Some Cainozoic fish remains, vvith a revision of the group. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 36, 107–162