New insights on the shell-crusher shark Ptychodus decurrens Agassiz, 1838 (Elasmobranchii, Ptychodontidae) based on the first known articulated dentition from the Upper Cretaceous of Croatia

New insights on the shell-crusher shark Ptychodus decurrens Agassiz, 1838 (Elasmobranchii, Ptychodontidae) based on the first known articulated dentition from the Upper Cretaceous of Croatia

Abstract A new lower tooth plate of Ptychodus decurrens from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Dalmatian region (southern Croatia) is documented here for the first time. The specimen represents the first articulated dentition of a ptychodontid shark that has been discovered from the Balkan Peni...

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Main Authors: Manuel Amadori, Sanja Japundžić, Jacopo Amalfitano, Luca Giusberti, Eliana Fornaciari, Patrick L. Jambura, Jürgen Kriwet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-01-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Palaeontology
Subjects:
Tooth plate
Durophagy
Lamniformes
Taxonomy
Dalmatia
Turonian
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-024-00340-7
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