Squatina sp.

Underwood, Charlie J. & Schlögl, Jan, 2013, Deep-water chondrichthyans from the Early Miocene of the Vienna Basin (Central Paratethys, Slovakia), Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58 (3), pp. 487-509 : 490

Squatina sp.

Fig. 4G.

Material.—Single partial tooth, SNM Z 27438.

Description.—The single broken tooth is very small, with an estimated crown height of about 2.2 mm. Only the cusp and a portion of the lateral blade are preserved. The cusp is triangular and higher than wide with biconvex faces separated by a very well developed cutting edge. The preserved portion of the lateral blade is of a similar length to the cusp height, and joins to the cusp with a low degree of curvature, suggesting that the tooth would have been high and narrow when intact.

Remarks.—The tooth is assignable to the genus Squatina , and the high form suggests that is an anterior tooth. The lack of well preserved material prevents a more detailed assignment.