Kankatodus cappettai Kumar and Loyal 1987 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Eotrigonodontidae

Full reference: K. Kumar and R. S. Loyal. 1987. Eocene ichthyofauna from the Subathu Formation, Northwestern Himalaya, India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 32:60-84

Belongs to Kankatodus according to K. Kumar and R. S. Loyal 1987

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: VPL/k 894, a tooth. Its type locality is Muddy Boots Locality, which is in a Ypresian marine limestone in the Subathu Formation of India.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Muddy Boots Locality

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