Terangabatis thiami
Guinot, Hautier, Sambou & Martin, 2023
Classification: Elasmobranchii Rhinopristiformes Rhinobatidae
Reference of the original description
The Upper Cretaceous elasmobranch fauna from Senegal. Cretaceous Research, 146, Article 105480
The Upper Cretaceous elasmobranch fauna from Senegal. Cretaceous Research, 146, Article 105480
Description:
Citation: Terangabatis thiami Guinot, Hautier, Sambou & Martin, 2023: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 08/2026
Description
Original diagnosis after Guinot, Hautier, Sambou & Martin, 2023 [31795]: Rhinobatid with teeth showing moderate degree of monognathic heterodonty. Non-cuspidate teeth broader than long; crown with transverse crest separating lingual and labial crown faces. Transverse crest slightly convex lingually reaching the marginal angles. Crown bulged in the median area of the crest. Labial crown face concave near the transverse crest, convex near the developed labial crown margin. No apron differentiated. Marginal angles wide and obtuse. Lingual crown face very abrupt; reduced margino-lingual faces; slightly lingually protruding median region extended basally into a uvula. Median region of lingual crown face with vertical depression bordered by bulged and V-shaped margins of uvula. Uvula wide and triangular not reaching the basal root face. Root holaulacorhize, less than half the total tooth height and overhung by the crown. Pair of large oval margino-lingual foramina; additional foramina occasionally present.
Original diagnosis after Guinot, Hautier, Sambou & Martin, 2023 [31795]: Rhinobatid with teeth showing moderate degree of monognathic heterodonty. Non-cuspidate teeth broader than long; crown with transverse crest separating lingual and labial crown faces. Transverse crest slightly convex lingually reaching the marginal angles. Crown bulged in the median area of the crest. Labial crown face concave near the transverse crest, convex near the developed labial crown margin. No apron differentiated. Marginal angles wide and obtuse. Lingual crown face very abrupt; reduced margino-lingual faces; slightly lingually protruding median region extended basally into a uvula. Median region of lingual crown face with vertical depression bordered by bulged and V-shaped margins of uvula. Uvula wide and triangular not reaching the basal root face. Root holaulacorhize, less than half the total tooth height and overhung by the crown. Pair of large oval margino-lingual foramina; additional foramina occasionally present.
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=16483;
type species of Terangabatis Guinot, Hautier, Sambou & Martin, 2023 [31795] by monotypy (Art. 68.3 ICZN);
shark-references Species-ID=16483;
type species of Terangabatis Guinot, Hautier, Sambou & Martin, 2023 [31795] by monotypy (Art. 68.3 ICZN);
References
The Upper Cretaceous elasmobranch fauna from Senegal. Cretaceous Research, 146, Article 105480
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105480

The Upper Cretaceous elasmobranch fauna from Senegal. Cretaceous Research, 146, Article 105480
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105480







