Lepacanthus Arthaber 1896 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae

Full reference: G. Arthaber. 1896. Die Cephalopodenfauna der Reiflinger Kalke. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 10:1-111

Parent taxon: Xenacanthidae according to G. Arthaber 1896

Sister taxa: Acanthopleurus, Aganodus, Compsacanthus, Diacranodus, Fayolia, Lophacanthus, Mooreodontus, Ochlodus, Phricacanthus, Platyacanthus, Pleuracanthus, Plicatodus, Pternodus, Triodus, Wurdigneria, Xenacanthus

Subtaxa: Lepacanthus gracilis

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Type: Lepacanthus gracilis

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tiefengraben (Arthaber section) (Triassic of Austria)

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