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Xenacanthus indicus

Chondrichthyes - Xenacanthiformes - Xenacanthidae

Taxonomy
Xenacanthus indicus was named by Jain (1980). Its type specimen is ISI P.47, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Maleri village (ISI), which is in a Carnian/Norian terrestrial horizon in the Maleri Formation of India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
X. ossiani, X. platypternus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Xenacanthus indicus Jain pp. 39-40 figs. 1-2
1990Xenacanthus indicus Jain p. 70

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassXenacanthimorpha
orderXenacanthiformesBerg 1955
familyXenacanthidaeFritsch 1889
genusXenacanthusBeyrich 1848
speciesindicus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Xenacanthus indicus Jain 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:25:48
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:25:48
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7India (Telangana) Xenacanthus indicus (type locality: 101863)