Stethacanthus concavus

Ginter, 2018


Classification: Holocephali Symmoriiformes Symmoriidae

Reference of the original description
Ginter, M. (2018)
Symmoriiform sharks from the Pennsylvanian of Nebraska. Acta Geologica Polonica, 68(3), 391–401

Types
Stethacanthus concavus
Holotype: CM(fossil): 44550b;


Description:


Citation: Stethacanthus concavus Ginter, 2018: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 08/2026

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Description
Original diagnosis after Ginter, 2018 [26586]: Symmoriiform shark with the following combination of dental features: five-cuspid crown composed of a long and slender median cusp, lingually convex and slightly flattened labially, covered with subdued, dense, subparallel cristae up to three-fourth of its height, and two pairs of small lateral cusplets, not higher than one-fourth of the median cusp; reniform to rectangular base with a short, crescentic button on the orolingual side, perforated in the middle by a foramen leading to the main basal canal, and a corresponding to it short, labially concave basolabial ridge.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=15152;

References
Schnetz, L. & Dunne, E.M. & Feichtinger, I. & Butler, R.J. & Coates, M.I. & Sansom, I.J. (2024)
Rise and diversification of chondrichthyans in the Paleozoic. Paleobiology, 50(2), 271–284
DOI: 10.1017/pab.2024.1
Ginter, M. (2018)
Symmoriiform sharks from the Pennsylvanian of Nebraska. Acta Geologica Polonica, 68(3), 391–401
DOI: 10.1515/agp-2018-0009