Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Belongs to Enchodus according to P. L. Jambura et al. 2024
See also Bazzi et al. 2015, Bice and Shimada 2016, Cope 1874, Ebersole et al. 2022, Hay 1902, Maisch et al. 2021, Nagrodski et al. 2012, Shimada and Martin 2008 and Shimada et al. 2006
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 gracilis, Enchodus lamberti, Enchodus lemonnieri, Enchodus lewesiensis, Enchodus longidens, Enchodus longipectoralis, Enchodus major, Enchodus marchesettii, Enchodus mecoanalis, Enchodus oliveirai, Enchodus oxytomus, Enchodus parvus, Enchodus petrosus, Enchodus pressidens, Enchodus recurvus, Enchodus saevus, Enchodus semistriatus, Enchodus shumardi, Enchodus subaequilateralis, Enchodus tetraecus, Enchodus tineidae, Enchodus venator, Enchodus zipapanensis, Ischyrocephalus macropterus, Ischyrocephalus gracilis, Ischyrocephalus intermedius, Ischyrocephalus cataphractus, Tetheodus pephredo
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: Arkansas collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan), the Russian Federation (2), United States (18: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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