Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1874. Review of the Vertebrata of the Cretaceous Period found west of the Mississippi River. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, First Series 2:3-48
Belongs to Enchodus according to P. L. Jambura et al. 2024
See also Applegate 1970, Bice and Shimada 2016, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Cope 1874, Ebersole et al. 2022, Hay 1902, Shimada et al. 2006 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Cybium (Enchodus) bleekeri, Enchodus (Isodus), Enchodus amicrodus, Enchodus anceps, Enchodus brevis, Enchodus calliodon, Enchodus carinatus, Enchodus dirus, Enchodus dolichus, Enchodus elegans, Enchodus faujasi, Enchodus ferox, Enchodus gentryi, Enchodus gladiolus, Enchodus gracilis, Enchodus lamberti, Enchodus lemonnieri, Enchodus lewesiensis, Enchodus longidens, Enchodus longipectoralis, Enchodus major, Enchodus marchesettii, Enchodus mecoanalis, Enchodus oliveirai, Enchodus oxytomus, Enchodus parvus, Enchodus pressidens, Enchodus recurvus, Enchodus saevus, Enchodus semistriatus, Enchodus shumardi, Enchodus subaequilateralis, Enchodus tetraecus, Enchodus tineidae, Enchodus venator, Enchodus zipapanensis, Ischyrocephalus cataphractus, Ischyrocephalus intermedius, Ischyrocephalus macropterus, Ischyrocephalus gracilis, Tetheodus pephredo
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), the Russian Federation (2), United States (21: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
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