Lepacanthus gracilis 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

Belongs to Lepacanthus according to G. Arthaber 1896

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tiefengraben (Arthaber section), which is in a Pelsonian/Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Gutenstein Formation of Austria

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Tiefengraben (Arthaber section)

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