Acrodus jaeckeli Waagen 1895 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323

Belongs to Acrodus according to W. Wen et al. 2023

See also Waagen 1895

Sister taxa: Acrodus acutus, Acrodus affinis, Acrodus alexandrae, Acrodus anningiae, Acrodus braunii, Acrodus cretaceus, Acrodus cuneocostatus, Acrodus dolloi, Acrodus emmonsi, Acrodus flemingianus, Acrodus gaillardoti, Acrodus georgii, Acrodus giedroyci, Acrodus hirudo, Acrodus humilis, Acrodus keuperinus, Acrodus lateralis, Acrodus nitidus, Acrodus nobilis, Acrodus olsoni, Acrodus oppenheimeri, Acrodus oreodontus, Acrodus paranense, Acrodus scaber, Acrodus spitzbergensis, Acrodus substriatus, Acrodus sweetlacruzensis, Acrodus transversus, Acrodus undulatus, Acrodus vermicularis, Acrodus vermiformis, Acrodus wempliae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chidroo, Stachella beds, Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine horizon in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chidroo, Stachella beds, Salt Range

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