Echinorhinus pozzii

Ameghino, 1906


Classification: Elasmobranchii Echinorhiniformes Echinorhinidae

Reference of the original description
Ameghino, F. (1906)
Les formations sédimentaires du Crétacé supérieur et du Tertiaire de Patagonie avec un parallèle entre leurs faunes mammalogiques et celles de l'ancien continent. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires, 3(8), 1–568

Image of the original description

Echinorhinus pozzii Ameghino, 1906; page 179, no description

Synonyms / new combinations and misspellings
Echinorhinus possii

Types
Echinorhinus pozzii
Holotype: MACN.: ?;

Images of types

Description by Pollerspoeck, Juergen:

Benediktinerring 34, D-94569 Stephansposching; juergen.pollerspoeck@shark-references.com
Citation: Echinorhinus pozzii Ameghino, 1906: In: Database of fossil elasmobranch teeth www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 03/2024

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Distribution Geographic
type locality: AMEGHINO, 1906 did not list the locality, only Patagonia, Argentinia [52];
other localities: Bryn Gwyn, Chubut, Argentina [13215];


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Distribution Strategraphy
Patagonia Formation or Monte León Formation, Miocene [1886]; Gaiman Formation, Miocene [13215]

Material
holotype; one tooth: MLP 77-XII-22-212, Museo de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina [13215];

Discussion
WELTON, 1979 [2517] guess that the holotype is lost so he consider the name nomen inquirendum. PFEIL, 1983 [1886] described the holotype after the original drewing and used personal comments of A. Cione, a redescription of this species would be useful

Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=2072;
valid after Pfeil (1983) p. 213 [1886];



References
Bogan, S. & Agnolín, F.L. (2022)
The fossil record of the Bramble-shark Echinorhinus (Echinorhiniformes, Echinorhinidae) in South America. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 120, Article 104083
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2022.104083
Pollerspöck, J. (2013)
Echinorhinus caspius, Echinorhinus richiardii, Echinorhinus pollerspoecki, Echinorhinus schoenfeldi, Echinorhinus cf. riepli, Echinorhinus priscus, Paraechinorhinus riepli, Echinorhinus sp., Echinorhinus pfauntschi, Echinorhinus blakei, Echinorhinus pozzii, Echinorhinus kelleyi, Echinorhinus weltoni, Echinorhinus eyrensis, Echinorhinus australis, Gibbechinorhinus lewyi, Orthechinorhinus pfeili, In Database of fossil elasmobranchteeth, www.shark–references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2013
Adnet, S. & Guinot, G. & Cappetta, H. & Welcomme, J.-L. (2012)
Oldest evidence of bramble sharks (Elasmobranchii, Echinorhinidae) in the Lower Cretaceous of southeast France and the evolutionary history of orbitostylic sharks. (plus Supplementary data). Cretaceous Research, 35, 81–87
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.11.021
Cione, A.L. & Cozzuol, M.A. & Dozo, M.T. & Hospitaleche, C.A. (2011)
Marine vertebrate assemblages in the southwest Atlantic during the Miocene. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 103, 423–440
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01685.x
Arratia, G. & Cione, A.L. (1996)
The record of fossil fishes of southern South America. Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Reihe A, Geologie und Paläontologie, 30, 9–72
Pfeil, F.H. (1983)
Zahnmorphologische Untersuchungen an rezenten und fossilen Haien der Ordnungen Chlamydoselachiformes und Echinorhiniformes. Palaeo Ichthyologica, 1, 1–315
Welton, B.J. (1979)
Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Squalomorphii of the Northwest Pacific Ocean. PhD, Univ. of California Berkeley, 553 p., 71 fig.
Ameghino, F. (1906)
Les formations sédimentaires du Crétacé supérieur et du Tertiaire de Patagonie avec un parallèle entre leurs faunes mammalogiques et celles de l'ancien continent. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires, 3(8), 1–568