Meristodonoides multiplicatus

Taxonavigation: Hybodontoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: †Hybodontida Ordo: †Hybodontiformes Superfamilia: †Hybodontoidea

Familia: †Hybodontidae
Genus: †Meristodonoides

Species: †Meristodonoides multiplicatus

Name

†Meristodonoides multiplicatus Cicimurri et al., 2014

• Holotype: MMNS 5603, lateral tooth crown.
• Paratypes: MMNS 5310.1, complete lateral tooth, 3264.1, large tooth cusp; SC 2012.48.8, incomplete anterior tooth crown, 2012.48.9, anterolateral tooth crown.

Type locality: along low banks on the south side of Luxapalila Creek in Columbus, Lowndes County, Mississippi, USA.

Etymology: The species name alludes to the numerous longitudinal ridges occurring on the labial (and particularly) lingual crown faces.

References

• Cicimurri, D. J., Ciampaglio, C. N. & Runyon, K. E., 2014: Late Cretaceous Elasmobranchs from the Eutaw Formation at Luxapalila Creek, Lowndes County, Mississippi. PalArch’s Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology, 11 (2): 1–36. PDF Reference page.