Acrodus flemingianus de Koninck 1863 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae

Full reference: L. G. de Koninck. 1863. Descriptions of some fossils from India, discovered by Dr. A. Fleming of Edinburgh. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 19:1-19

Belongs to Acrodus according to C. Romano et al. 2019

See also de Koninck 1863 and Waagen 1895

Sister taxa: Acrodus acutus, Acrodus affinis, Acrodus alexandrae, Acrodus anningiae, Acrodus braunii, Acrodus cretaceus, Acrodus cuneocostatus, Acrodus dolloi, Acrodus emmonsi, Acrodus gaillardoti, Acrodus georgii, Acrodus giedroyci, Acrodus hirudo, Acrodus humilis, Acrodus jaeckeli, 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 Vurcha, Salt Range (Fleming Ceratite Fm coll), which is in a Triassic marine limestone in Pakistan

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Vurcha, Salt Range (Fleming Ceratite Fm coll)

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