Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae

Full reference: P. L. Forey, L. Yi, C. Patterson and C. E. Davis. 2003. Fossil fishes from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Namoura, Lebanon. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1(4):227-330

Belongs to Enchodus according to P. L. Forey et al. 2003

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 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 cataphractus, Ischyrocephalus gracilis, Ischyrocephalus macropterus, Ischyrocephalus intermedius

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nammoura quarry (BMNH collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal wackestone/mudstone in the Sannine Formation of Lebanon

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Nammoura quarry (BMNH collection)

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