Akaimia altucuspis

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: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha
Superordo: Galeomorphii
Ordo: Orectolobiformes
Genus: †Akaimia

Species: †Akaimia altucuspis

Name

†Akaimia altucuspis Rees, 2010

• Holotype: ZPAL P 12/1, almost complete anterior teeth.
• Paratypes: ZPAL P 12/2, 12/5, 12/7.

Type stratum: Bed 16., uppermost Callovian to lowermost Oxfordian (Lamberti and Mariae Zones) at 'Ogrodzeiniec Quarry', southern Poland.

Etymology: The specific name is in reference to the height of the cusp in anterior teeth and derived from altus, Latin for hight and cuspis, Latin for point.

References

• Rees, J. 2010. Neoselachian sharks from the Callovian–Oxfordian (Jurassic) of Ogrodzieniec, Zawiercie Region, southern Poland. Palaeontology 53(4): 887–902. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.00967.x Reference page.