Published December 31, 1876 | Version v1
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Ceratodus hieroglyphus Cope, 1876, sp nov.

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Description

Ceratodus hieroglyphus, sp nov.

This species is materially different from the last, and was more abundant,judging from the occurrence of its remains.

The dentigerous plate is thin and dense, and has the appearance of a short toothed comb witlh a handle. The tooth-like points are the extremities of low ridges, which are arranged nearly at right angles to a wide longitudinal elevated half of the osseous base. They are separated by shallow grooves from each other, and are not continuous with the basis just mentioned,which rises abrtuptly above them. They are smooth. The " handle " above alluded to is triangular in section having two bevels on the side stupportlng the tooth ridges. The lower face of the bone is smooth.

Measurements. M.
Total length .013
Length of dentigerous portion .010
Total width .0045
Width of dentigerous portion .0020

There are thirteen teeth in the length.

Notes

Published as part of Cope, E. D., 1876, Descriptions of some vertebrate remains from the Fort Union beds of Montana, pp. 248-261 in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28 on page 260, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3371111

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Biodiversity

Family
Neoceratodontidae
Genus
Ceratodus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Ceratodontiformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Cope
Species
hieroglyphus
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
type series
Taxonomic concept label
Ceratodus hieroglyphus Cope, 1876