Osteichthyes - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Alternative combination: Enchodus shumardii
Belongs to Enchodus according to A. M. Salvino et al. 2025
See also Allen and Shimada 2022, Bardack 1968, Bice and Shimada 2016, Felitz 2004, Hay 1902, Juranek and Shimada 2025, Leidy 1857, Leidy 1873, Nagrodski et al. 2012, Shimada 2006, Shimada and Everhart 2003, Shimada and Martin 2008, Shimada et al. 2006 and Wilson and Chalifa 1989
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 petrosus, Enchodus pressidens, Enchodus recurvus, Enchodus saevus, Enchodus semistriatus, Enchodus subaequilateralis, Enchodus tetraecus, Enchodus tineidae, Enchodus venator, Enchodus zipapanensis, Ischyrocephalus macropterus, Ischyrocephalus gracilis, Ischyrocephalus cataphractus, Ischyrocephalus intermedius, Tetheodus pephredo
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (5: Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan collections), United States (20: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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