Famennian chondrichthyans from the shelves of North Gondwana

Authors

  • Michał Ginter Institute of Geology, University of Warsaw, Al. Żwirki i Wigury 93, PL-02-089 Warszawa
  • Vachik Hairapetian Department of Geology, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan branch, P.O. Box 81595-158, Esfahan
  • Christian Klug Institut und Museum für Geologie und Paläontologie der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Sigwartstrasse 10, D-72076 Tübingen

Keywords:

Chondrichthyes, Famennian, Palaeoecology, Dentition, North Gondwana

Abstract

Ichthyoliths, mainly shark teeth, from the Famennian of Iran and Northwest Africa are described. Evolution of shallow-water chondrichthyan assemblages on the shelves of Central Iran and the Tafilalt Platform, Morocco, related to time and environmental changes, is discussed. Four new taxa, viz. Deihim mansureae gen. et sp. nov., Protacrodus serra sp. nov., Phoebodus depressus sp. nov., and Ph. gothicus transitans subsp. nov. are erected and provisional reconstructions of heterodonty in dentitions of several Famennian sharks are proposed.

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2003-09-10

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