Regarding Turania andrusovi of the Paleogene of Kazakhstan

[Othniel C. Marsh]

Turania andrusovi of the Paleogene of Kazakhstan is the sole species within the genus Turania, a genus in turn nested within Odontaspididae. All this I garnered from the species' page on sharkreferences.com, and that is the extent of my knowledge. Of the three references given on the aforementioned sharkreferences.com page two did not mention Turania at all, and the third,which apparently contains a description of the genus, proved incredibly elusive. I haven't seen the species mentioned anywhere else until about 20 minutes ago when I noticed a seller had labelled 5 Striatolamia-like anterior and antero-lateral teeth with very prominent striations as such, so I came to ask you all - the experts - if you would be able to impart any more knowledge regarding the genus, it's morphology, or unusual Kazakhstani "sand tiger" teeth in general.

 

Thanks in advance

Othniel