Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Alternative combination: Enchodus shumardii
Belongs to Enchodus according to K. N. Bice and K. Shimada 2016
See also Felitz 2004, Hay 1902, 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 cataphractus, Ischyrocephalus intermedius, Ischyrocephalus macropterus, Ischyrocephalus gracilis, Tetheodus pephredo
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (17: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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