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Meridiogaleus
Taxonomy
Meridiogaleus was named by Engelbrecht et al. (2017). Its type is Meridiogaleus cristatus.
It was assigned to Triakini by Engelbrecht et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Triakini by Engelbrecht et al. (2017).
Species
M. cristatus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2017 | Meridiogaleus Engelbrecht et al. p. 6 figs. Figs. 4 and 5 |
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G. †Meridiogaleus Engelbrecht et al. 2017
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†Meridiogaleus cristatus Engelbrecht et al. 2017
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. Engelbrecht et al. 2017 | Fossil triakid shark characterized by the following combination of dental characters: tooth crown mesiodistally wider than high (anterior to posterior teeth); principal cusp well developed and displaced distally; lack of mesial and distal cusplets; mesial cutting edge on lateral teeth concave; distal cutting edge short; short and fine to coarse costules on the basal mesial heel (sometimes short and fine costules on distal shoulder present); lack of labial ornamentation; apron-like bulge at the basal labial crown face overhanging the root labially; and rather high root lobes, which are well separated from each other. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | Antarctica | M. cristatus (100414) | |
| Ypresian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | M. cristatus (176085) | |
| Priabonian | Antarctica | M. cristatus (100419) |