Xenacanthus indicus Jain 1980 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae

Full reference: S. L. Jain. 1980. Freshwater xenacanthid (= pleuracanth) shark fossils from the Upper Triassic Maleri Formation, India. Journal of the Geological Society of India 21:39-47

Belongs to Xenacanthus according to S. L. Jain 1980

See also Jain 1990

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ISI P.47, a partial skull. Its type locality is Maleri village (ISI), which is in a Carnian/Norian terrestrial horizon in the Lower Maleri Formation of India.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Maleri village (ISI)

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