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. 
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