Vallisia coppi

Duffin, 1982


Classification: Elasmobranchii incert. sedis incert. fam.

Reference of the original description
Duffin, C.J. (1982)
Teeth of a new selachian from the Upper Triassic of England. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte, 1982(3), 156–166

Types
Vallisia coppi
Holotype: BRSMG: Cc400;


Description:


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Description
Original diagnose after Duffin (1982) p. 159 [708]: A neoselachian shark known only from isolated teeth. The teeth measure up to 2.5 mm high and comprise a robust crown with a large central cusp flanked by up to two lateral cusplets on each side. The cusp and cusplets are upright to moderately lingually inclined. The crown lacks ornament. The basal flange is weak to moderate and overhangs the crown/root junction labially. A marked lip is present around the whole tooth at the top of the crown shoulder. The root is a third of the crown height and comprises a flat to convex basal face with one or occasionally two median canals crossing it labiolingually. The canals may be partially roofed or open basally. An apically-directed prominent vascular foramen occupies a variable position in the floor of the median canal. Numerous small vascular foramina are located on the labial, lingual and basal root faces. The root directly underlies the crown and is only mildly lingually offset.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=9119;
type species of Vallisia Duffin, 1982 p. 159 [708] by original designation (Art. 68.2 ICZN);

valid after Duffin (1982) p. 159 [708]; Ronan et al. (2020) p. 585 [29079];

synonym of Vallisodus coppi after Duffin, 2021 p. 230 [30010];


References
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The Rhaetian (Late Triassic) vertebrates of Hampstead Farm Quarry, Gloucestershire, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 127(4), 478–505
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2016.05.003
Allard, H. & Carpenter, S.C. & Duffin, C.J. & Benton, M.J. (2015)
Microvertebrates from the classic Rhaetian bone beds of Manor Farm Quarry, near Aust (Bristol, UK). Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 126(6), 762–776
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2015.09.002
Ginter, M. & Hampe, O. & Duffin, C.J. (2010)
Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Vol. 3D: Chondrichthyes Paleozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, pp. 168, 154 fig., 4 Tab.
Dineley, D.L. & Metcalf, S.J. (1999)
Chapter 11 – British Triassic fossil fishes sites. In Dineley, D. & Metcalf, S. 1999. Fossil Fishes of Great Britain. Geological Conservation Review Series No. 16. JNCC, Peterborough, ISBN 1 86107 470 0 (pp. 327–351).
Delsate, D. (1993)
Synthèse des faunes d'élasmobranches du Trias et du Jurassique de Lorraine. Cossmanniana, Hors–série 2, 52–55
Delsate, D. & Lepage, J.-C. (1991)
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Duffin, C.J. & Coupatez, P. & Lepage, J.-C. & Wouters, G. (1983)
Rhaetian (Upper Triassic) marine faunas from “Le golfe du Luxembourg” in Belgium (preliminary note). Bulletin de la Société Belge de Géologie, 92(4), 311–315
Duffin, C.J. (1982)
Teeth of a new selachian from the Upper Triassic of England. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte, 1982(3), 156–166