Acrodus keuperinus Murchison and Strickland 1837 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae

Alternative combinations: Hybodus keuperi, Hybodus keuperinus

Full reference: R. I. Murchison and H. E. Strickland. 1837. On the upper formations of the New Red System in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire; showing that the Red or Saliferous, including a peculiar band of sandstone, represent the "Keuper" or "Marnes irisées;" with some account of the underlying sandstone of Ombersley, Bromsgrove, and Warwick, priving that it is the "Bunter Sandstein" or "Grès bigarré" of foreign geologists. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, series 2 5(26):331-348

Belongs to Acrodus according to A. S. Woodward 1889

See also Murchison and Strickland 1837 and Murchison and Strickland 1837

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 jaeckeli, 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

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of the United Kingdom (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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