Foumtizia, NOUBHANI AND CAPPETTA, 1997

Cicimurri, David J. & Knight, James L., 2022, Late Eocene (Priabonian) elasmobranchs from the Dry Branch Formation (Barnwell Group) of Aiken County, South Carolina, USA, PaleoBios 36, pp. 1-31 : 14

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5070/P9361043964
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scientific name	Foumtizia
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FOUMTIZIA NOUBHANI AND CAPPETTA, 1997 FOUMTIZIA SP.

( FIG. 5A–G View Figure 5 )

Referred specimens —SC96.97.5, incomplete tooth ( Fig. 5D View Figure 5 ); SC96.97.6, incomplete tooth ( Fig. 5E View Figure 5 ); SC96.97.7, incomplete tooth ( Fig. 5F View Figure 5 ); SC96.97.8, incomplete tooth ( Fig. 5G View Figure 5 ); SCSC 2001.1.42, incomplete tooth; SC2013.38.27, incomplete tooth (Fig. A–C); SC2013.38.28, two incomplete teeth; SC2013.38.159, lateral tooth.

Remarks —These scyliorhinid teeth are large enough (up to 4 mm in height) to be found in the field with the naked eye. Tooth crowns consist of a tall, erect, basally broad but sharply tapering cusp that is flanked by a pair of large lateral cusplets. The labial crown foot is thick, overhangs the root, and bears a conspicuous medial concavity. A blunt cutting edge extends across the main cusp and generally only onto the inner side of the lateral cusplets. In terms of overall morphology these teeth compare well to Foumtizia , but the Dry Branch teeth are larger than any species previously attributed to that genus ( Cappetta 1976, Noubhani and Cappetta 1997, Malyshkina 2006). The preservation of our material and small sample size (n=9) leads us to refrain from making a more specific identification. The morphological features noted above, along with larger size and lack of enameloid ornamentation,distinguish the teeth from two other scyliorhinids occurring in the Dry Branch sample (see below).