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Omanoselache contrarius
Taxonomy
Polyacrodus contrarius was named by Johns (1997). Its type specimen is GSC 105093, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aylard Creek East, Laird formation, ACE-1, which is in a Ladinian marine horizon in the Laird Formation of Canada.
It was recombined as Prolatodon contrarius by Pla et al. (2013); it was recombined as Omanoselache contrarius by Koot and Cuny (2014).
It was recombined as Prolatodon contrarius by Pla et al. (2013); it was recombined as Omanoselache contrarius by Koot and Cuny (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Polyacrodus contrarius Johns |
| 2007 | Polyacrodus contrarius Chen et al. p. 293 figs. 3A-M |
| 2013 | Prolatodon contrarius Pla et al. p. 780 figs. 3H-P, 4I-J |
| 2014 | Omanoselache contrarius Koot and Cuny p. 897 |
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†Omanoselache contrarius Johns 1997
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available