Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Full reference: Y. Chalifa. 1989. New species of Enchodus (Pisces: Enchodontoidei) from the lower Cenomanian of Ein-Yabrud, Israel. Journal of Paleontology 63(3):356-364
Belongs to Enchodus according to A. F. Bannikov and F. Bacchia 2005
See also Felitz 2004
Sister taxa: Cybium (Enchodus) bleekeri, Enchodus (Isodus), Enchodus amicrodus, Enchodus anceps, 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 shumardi, Enchodus subaequilateralis, Enchodus tetraecus, Enchodus tineidae, Enchodus venator, Enchodus zipapanensis, Ischyrocephalus gracilis, Ischyrocephalus macropterus, Ischyrocephalus intermedius, Ischyrocephalus cataphractus, Tetheodus pephredo
Type specimen: HUJEY 466, a skeleton. Its type locality is 'Ein Yabrud quarries, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate limestone in the Bet Meir or Amminadav Formation of Palestinian Territory.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Lebanon (1 collection), Palestinian Territory (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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