Weltonia ancistrodon

(Arambourg, 1952)


Classification: Elasmobranchii Hexanchiformes Hexanchidae

Reference of the original description
Arambourg, C. (1952)
Les vertébrés fossiles des gisements de phosphates (Maroc-Algérie-Tunisie). Notes et Mémoires du Service Géologique du Maroc, 92, 1–372

Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Heptranchias cf. ancistrodon, Notidanus (Heptranchias) ancistrodon

Types
Weltonia ancistrodon



Description:


Citation: Weltonia ancistrodon (Arambourg, 1952): In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 03/2024

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Weltonia ancistrodon (Arambourg, 1952), Late Paleocene, Thanetian, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Khouribga, Morocco, collection and © Adam Anderson

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=7511;
valid after Ward (1979) p. 118 [2493]; Case (1996) p. 4 [397]


References
Guinot, G. & Condamine, F.L. (2023)
Global impact and selectivity of the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction among sharks, skates, and rays. Science, 379, 802–806
DOI: 10.1126/science.abn2080
Cocke, J. (2002)
Fossil Shark Teeth of the World. Lamna Books, 170 p
Case, G.R. (1996)
A new selachian fauna from the Lower Hornestown Formation (Early Paleocene/Montian) of Monmouth County, New Jersey. Palaeontographica, Abt. A, 242(1–3), 1–14
Welton, B.J. (1979)
Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Squalomorphii of the Northwest Pacific Ocean. PhD, Univ. of California Berkeley, 553 p., 71 fig.
Arambourg, C. (1952)
Les vertébrés fossiles des gisements de phosphates (Maroc-Algérie-Tunisie). Notes et Mémoires du Service Géologique du Maroc, 92, 1–372