Parvodus celsucuspus Rees, Cuny, Pouech & Mazin, 2013

Allain, Ronan, Vullo, Romain, Rozada, Lee, Anquetin, Jérémy, Bourgeais, Renaud, Goedert, Jean, Lasseron, Maxime, Martin, Jeremy E., Pérez-García, Adán, Fabrègues, Claire Peyre De, Royo-Torres, Rafael, Augier, Dominique & Bailly, Gilles, 2022, Vertebrate paleobiodiversity of the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) Angeac-Charente Lagerstätte (southwestern France): implications for continental faunal turnover at the J / K boundary, Geodiversitas 44 (25), pp. 683-752 : 691

Parvodus celsucuspus Rees, Cuny, Pouech & Mazin, 2013

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DESCRIPTION

This species is characterized by high-cusped anterior teeth, and is well represented at Angeac-Charente.The material includes numerous isolated teeth and dermal denticles ( Fig. 5 ), as well as a few incomplete cephalic and dorsal fin spines( Néraudeau et al. 2012), that are identical to those of Cherves-de-Cognac ( Rees et al. 2013).

Figures

FIG. 5. — Scanning electron micrographs of hybodont shark teeth from Angeac-Charente:A, B, lateral tooth of Parvodus celsucuspus Rees, Cuny, Pouech & Mazin, 2013 (ANG M-107) in labial (A) and occlusal (B) views; C, anterior tooth of Parvodus celsucuspus (ANG M-17) in labial view; D, dermal denticle (ANG M-109) in lateral view; E, F, dermal denticle (ANG M-108) in lateral (E) and apical (F) views. Scale bar: C, 1 mm; A, B, D-F, 400 µm.