Strophodus jaisalmerensis Kumar et al. 2021 (elasmobranch)

Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae

Full reference: K. Kumar, S. Bajpai, P. Pandey, T. Ghosh, and D. Bhattacharya. 2021. Hybodont sharks from the Jurassic of Jaisalmer, western India. Historical Biology 34(6):953-963

Belongs to Strophodus according to K. Kumar et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Strophodus asper, Strophodus eocenicus, Strophodus irregularis, Strophodus punctatus, Strophodus radiatopunctatus, Strophodus radiatus, Strophodus rebecae, Strophodus reticulatus, Strophodus subreticulatus

Type specimen: RWR 216, a tooth (lateral tooth). Its type locality is 3 km southeast of Jethwai village, which is in a Bathonian basin reef lime mudstone in the Jaisalmer Formation of India.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 3 km southeast of Jethwai village

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