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Enchodus

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Enchodus Agassiz p. 55
1858Ischyrocephalus von der Marck p. 248
1873Enchodus Leidy p. 347
1874Tetheodus Cope p. 43
1892Cybium (Enchodus) Storms
1901Enchodus Woodward p. 190
1902Enchodus Hay p. 388
1902Tetheodus Hay p. 389
1902Enchodus Woodward p. 55
1943Enchodus Arambourg and Joleaud p. 48
1946Enchodus Rapp p. 512
1963Enchodus Tabaste p. 475
1969Enchodus Goody p. 71
1970Enchodus Applegate p. 421
1981Enchodus Thurmond and Jones p. 100
1988Enchodus Case and Schwimmer p. 299
2002Enchodus Sepkoski
2003Enchodus Forey et al. p. 229
2006Enchodus Martin and Crame p. 113
2006Enchodus Shimada p. 169
2006Enchodus Shimada et al. p. 26
2010Enchodus Bogan and Agnolin
2010Enchodus Fielitz and González-Rodríguez
2012Enchodus Nagrodski et al. p. 83
2016Enchodus Bice and Shimada p. 187
2017Enchodus Holloway et al. p. 605
2019Enchodus Hoganson et al. p. 56
2020Enchodus Amalfitano et al. p. 293
2021Enchodus Maisch et al. p. 23
2022Enchodus Argyriou p. 106
2022Enchodus Ebersole et al. p. 391
2022Enchodus Otero and Suárez p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Aulopa
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderAlepisauroidei
superfamilyAlepisauroideaDavis 2010
familyEnchodontidaeWoodward 1901
genusEnchodus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Enchodus Agassiz 1835
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Subg. †Enchodus (Isodus) Heckel 1849
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Enchodus amicrodus Stewart 1898
Enchodus anceps Cope 1872
Enchodus brevis Chalifa 1989
Enchodus calliodon Cope 1872
Enchodus carinatus Cope 1869
Enchodus dirus Leidy 1857
Enchodus dolichus Cope 1875
Enchodus elegans Dartevelle and Casier 1949
Enchodus faujasi Agassiz 1843
Enchodus ferox Leidy 1855
Enchodus gentryi Cope 1875
Enchodus gladiolus Cope 1872
Enchodus gracilis der Marck 1858
Enchodus lamberti Arambourg and Joleaud 1943
Enchodus lemonnieri Dello 1893
Enchodus lewesiensis Mantell 1822
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Invalid names: Enchodus annectens Woodward 1901 [synonym], Enchodus halocyon Agassiz 1835 [synonym]
Enchodus longidens Pictet 1850
Enchodus longipectoralis Schaeffer 1947
Enchodus major Davis 1887
Enchodus marchesettii Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895
Enchodus mecoanalis Forey et al. 2003
Enchodus oliveirai Maury 1930
Enchodus oxytomus Cope 1875
Enchodus parvus Stewart 1898
Enchodus petrosus Cope 1874
Enchodus pressidens Cope 1889
Enchodus recurvus Davis 1887
Enchodus saevus Hay 1903
Enchodus semistriatus Marsh 1869
Enchodus shumardi Leidy 1856
Enchodus tetraecus Cope 1875
Enchodus tineidae Holloway et al. 2017
Enchodus venator Arambourg 1954
Enchodus zipapanensis Fielitz and González-Rodríguez 2010
Invalid names: Ischyrocephalus von der Marck 1858 [synonym], Tetheodus Cope 1874 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-07-20 21:10:46
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:10:46
Source: f = family, o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Burdigalian or 122.46000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (198 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Equatorial Guinea E. sp. (129869)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0USA (Texas) E. sp. (14408)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) E. sp. (27613)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Mexico (Hidalgo) E. zipapanensis (135815)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Brazil E. longipectoralis (195791)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arkansas) E. petrosus (223862)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Japan (Fukushima) E. sp. (72267)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Niger (Zinder) E. lamberti (75235 75236 75243 75255 75256 75258)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Brazil (Pernambuco) E. subaequilateralis (167994)
Senonian - Maastrichtian100.5 - 66.0Jordan E. libyeus (36256)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Greece E. dirus (207367)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco E. libycus, E. bursauxi (99627 213665) E. libycus, E. bursauxi, E. elegans (213666)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) E. sp., E. gladiolus, E. ferox (231889)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene70.6 - 61.7USA (New Jersey) E. serrulatus, E. ferox (26819)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Bolivia (Mizque) E. oliveirai (13501)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) E. sp., E. ferox (3113)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6India E. sp. (91316)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6Saudi Arabia E. sp. (37182)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain E. sp. (141924)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Phasganodus gentryi (18587)