Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Belongs to Enchodus according to P. L. Jambura et al. 2024
See also Carbot-Charona and Than-Marchese 2013, Hay 1902, Hoganson et al. 2019 and Rapp 1946
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 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 shumardi, Enchodus subaequilateralis, Enchodus tetraecus, Enchodus tineidae, Enchodus venator, Enchodus zipapanensis, Tetheodus pephredo, Ischyrocephalus intermedius, Ischyrocephalus gracilis, Ischyrocephalus cataphractus, Ischyrocephalus macropterus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (2: Arkansas, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), India (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (13: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Dakota)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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