Rolfodon keyesi

(Mannering & Hiller, 2008)


Classification: Elasmobranchii Hexanchiformes Chlamydoselachidae

Reference of the original description
Mannering, A.A. & Hiller, N. (2008)
An Early Cenozoic neoselachian shark fauna from the Southwest Pacific. Palaeontology, 51(6), 1341–1365

Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Chlamydoselachus keyesi

Types
Rolfodon keyesi

Chlamydoselachus keyesi
Holotype: CMC.: 2003.123.3; Paratype: CMC.: 2003.123.14;

Images of types

Description:


Citation: Rolfodon keyesi (Mannering & Hiller, 2008): In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 12/2024

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Rolfodon keyesi (Mannering & Hiller, 2008) A–E, CM 2003.123.3, holotype, antero-lateral in labial, occlusal, lingual, basal, and mesial views, S2; F–H, CM 2003.123.14, paratype, antero-lateral in occlusal, labial and mesial views, S2; I, CM 2003.123.131, symphysial in labial view, S2; J, CM 2003.123.83, symphysial in labial view, S1; K–L, CM 2003.123.130, antero-lateral in labial and lingual views, S2; M, CM 2003.123.132, lateral in labial view, S2. All specimens are from the Waipara Greensand. All scale bars = 5 mm © Al Mannering & Norton Hiller

Distribution Geographic
type locality: Waipara River section (S1, S2), New Zealand [4762];
other localities:


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Distribution Strategraphy
Waipara Greensand, Teurian, Paleocene [4762];

Material
types: 22 teeth (S1: 1; S2: 21) [4762];

Description
Original diagnose after Mannering & Hiller, 2008 [4762]: Chlamydoselachus with robust upright cusps that lack strong ornament; no coronal torque (sensu Pfeil 1983; see also Richter and Ward 1990); no intermediate cusplets and a concave labial surface on the root.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=15549;
Acknowledgment: many thanks to Al Mannering & Norton Hiller for the permission to use the image of the original description (04/2013);
valid as Rolfodon keyesi after Cappetta et al. 2020 [27810]


References
Meisner, H. (2024)
Faszination Haie – Die Welt der fossilen und der lebenden Haie. Der Steinkern, 58, 1–116
Cappetta, H. & Morrison, K. & Adnet, S. (2021)
A shark fauna from the Campanian of Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada: an insight into the diversity of Cretaceous deep-water assemblages. Historical Biology, 33(8), 1121–1182
DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2019.1681421
Mannering, A.A. & Hiller, N. (2008)
An Early Cenozoic neoselachian shark fauna from the Southwest Pacific. Palaeontology, 51(6), 1341–1365
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00812.x