Xiaohaizilepis liui

Andreev, Zhao, Wang, Smith, Li, Cui, Zhu & Sansom, 2020

Classification: Mongolepidida Shiqianolepidae

Reference of the original description

Andreev, P.S. & Zhao, W. & Wang, N.-Z. & Smith, M.M. & Li, Q. & Cui, X. & Zhu, M. & Sansom, I.J. (2020)
Early Silurian chondrichthyans from the Tarim Basin (Xinjiang, China). PLoS ONE, 15(2), Article e0228589

Types
Xiaohaizilepis liui
Holotype: IVPP: V 11949.1;

Description:

Citation: Xiaohaizilepis liui Andreev, Zhao, Wang, Smith, Li, Cui, Zhu & Sansom, 2020: 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 Andreev, Zhao, Wang, Smith, Li, Cui, Zhu & Sansom, 2020 [28168]: Mongolepids with trunk scales possessing primary odontodes exposed on the crown surface as elongate, reclined elements oriented parallel to each other. Odontodes possess an anteriorly bifurcated medial ridge running along their length and neck canal openings at the crown’s posterior margin.

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=15824;
type species of Xiaohaizilepis Andreev, Zhao, Wang, Smith, Li, Cui, Zhu & Sansom, 2020 [28168] by monotypy (Art. 68.3 ICZN);

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