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Leptocharias tunisiensis
Taxonomy
Leptocharias tunisiensis was named by Adnet et al. (2020). Its type specimen is KEB-1-138 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Djebel el Kébar, which is in a Bartonian lagoonal mudstone/sandstone in Tunisia.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2020 | Leptocharias tunisiensis Adnet et al. p. 18 figs. Figure 7F-K |
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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.
†Leptocharias tunisiensis Adnet et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. Adnet et al. 2020 | Fossil species of Leptocharias charac- terized by a disjunctive monognathic heterodonty with partial overlapping of alternate files as observed in the living representative Leptocharias smithii. Antero-lateral teeth with high cusp curved distally and slightly a folded enameloid, twice as large as anterior teeth. Posteriors are quite sym- metrical resembling those of scyliorhinid with plicate enameloid. This fossil species is, however, distinct in having lateral teeth with more stocky design, a well-marked overlapping surface on the labial part of the root, a lesser ornamented enamel of the crown in posterior teeth, and in a hemiaula- corhize vascularization of the root. |
Measurements
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| References: Wagner 2023, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||