Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Full reference: C. Fielitz and K. A. González-Rodríguez. 2010. A New Species of Enchodus (Aulopiformes: Enchodontidae) from the Cretaceous (Albian to Cenomanian) of Zimapán, Hidalgo, México. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5):1343-1351
Belongs to Enchodus according to C. Fielitz and K. A. González-Rodríguez 2010
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 shumardi, Enchodus subaequilateralis, Enchodus tetraecus, Enchodus tineidae, Enchodus venator, Tetheodus pephredo, Ischyrocephalus cataphractus, Ischyrocephalus gracilis, Ischyrocephalus macropterus, Ischyrocephalus intermedius
Type specimen: Its type locality is Muhi quarry, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian deep subtidal shelf lime mudstone in the El Doctor Formation of Mexico
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Muhi quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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