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Ctenodus williei
Taxonomy
Ctenodus williei was named by Smithson et al. (2016) [Species of Ctenodus with oval tooth plates. Length to width ratio 1.67:1. At least 18 parallel tooth ridges. Pterygoid tooth ridge angle c. 40, prearticular tooth ridge angle c. 20. Pterygoid tooth ridges 1 and 2 and prearticular tooth ridge 1 bear 8 large longitudinally compressed, labially curved teeth. Other tooth ridges bear at least 12 cone-shaped teeth with labially curved tips when unworn. ]. Its type specimen is UMZC 2011.7.5, a tooth (right prearticular tooth plate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Willie’s Hole Bed 2 (amphibian bed), which is in a Tournaisian terrestrial horizon in the Ballagan Formation of the United Kingdom.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Ctenodus williei Smithson et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Ctenodus williei Smithson et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Tournaisian or 358.90000 to 346.70000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tournaisian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | Ctenodus williei (type locality: 194781) |