Elegestolepis and Its Kin, the Earliest Monodontode Chondrichthyans

• Published in: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
• Main Authors: Plamen S. Andreev, Michael I. Coates, Valentina Karatajūtė-Talimaa, Richard M. Shelton, Paul R. Cooper, Ivan J. Sansom
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Tuva; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2017.1245664

Chondrichthyan-like scales with simple, single-odontode crowns, reminiscent of those of euselachians, have been reported from Silurian strata in a number of previous studies. These specimens comprise the genera Elegestolepis (from Siberia, Mongolia, and Tuva) and Kannathalepis (from the Canadian Arc...