Lebachacanthus
| Lebachacanthus Temporal range: | |
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| Specimen in Urzeitmeer-Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | †Xenacanthida |
| Family: | †Diplodoselachidae Soler-Gijon, 1997 |
| Genus: | †Lebachacanthus Soler-Gijon, 1997 |
| Type species | |
| Lebachacanthus senckenbergianus (Fritsch, 1889) | |
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Lebachacanthus is a genus of extinct xenacanth cartilaginous fish known from the late Carboniferous-Early Permian of Europe. Well-preserved specimens, originally identified as Orthacanthus, are known from Meisenheim Formation in Germany. During the late Paleozoic, xenacanths were the apex predators of freshwater ecosystems, preying on small amphibians.