Lebachacanthus
Extinct genus of shark / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lebachacanthus is a genus of extinct xenacanth known from the late Carboniferous-Early Permian of Europe.[1] During the late Paleozoic, xenacanths were the apex predators of freshwater ecosystems, preying on small amphibians.[2]
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Lebachacanthus | |
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Specimen in Urzeitmeer-Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | †Xenacanthida |
Family: | †Diplodoselachidae |
Genus: | †Lebachacanthus Soler-Gijon, 1997 |
Species: | †L. senckenbergianus |
Binomial name | |
†Lebachacanthus senckenbergianus Soler-Gijon, 1997 | |
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