#enchodus

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5pcs 35-46mm predatory Fish Enchodus Libycus Fossil Morocco

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Gerrothorax, Pterygotus, Pikaia, Enchodus, Hallucigenia, Arganodus, Tullimonstrum, Haimirichia, Hibbertopterus, Amiskwia, Opabinia, Hyphantoceras, Ottoia, Tiktaalik, and Cameroceras! Not to scale.

Honestly if I knew I was gonna add so many for this one I would’ve made more room

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Enchodus is an extinct genus of aulopiform ray-finned fish related to lancetfish and lizardfish which flourished during the cretaceous some 113 to 66 million years ago. Potentially the latest Enchodus remains are known from the earliest Eocene of Barmer, India some 50 million years ago, however its been been suggested that all post-Cretaceous Enchodus records are reworked cretaceous material that ended up in cenozoic deposits via geological uplifting and other processes. The first remains of enchodus consisting of a partial skeleton was recovered from Mediterranean deposits then described by Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz in 1835 who named the animal Enchodus from Greek enchos meaning spear and odoús meaning tooth. Since then remains have been found throughout North America, Europe, South America, Africa, the Middle East, India, and Southwest Asia. And today at least 29 species representing two distinct clades are known. Reaching around 2.5 to 5.6ft (76.7 to 172.2 cms) in length, Enchodus were small to medium sized fish whos most notable attributes are the large "fangs" at the front of the upper and lower jaws and on the palatine bones, leading to its misleading nickname among fossil hunters and paleoichthyologists, "the saber-toothed herring". These fangs, along with a long sleek body and large eyes, suggest Enchodus was a predatory species and would have given it an appearance somewhat reminiscent of modern deep-sea fishes, such as anglerfish and viperfish. Despite being a formidable predator, remains of Enchodus are commonly found among the stomach contents of larger predators, including sharks, other bony fish, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, and seabirds.

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2" Enchodus Tooth - Extinct Bony Fish

2" Enchodus Tooth - Extinct Bony Fish (Item #8149), Morocco Fossil Fish for sale. FossilEra your source to quality fossil specimens.

Enchodus by Hyrotrioskjan on DeviantArt

Illustration Of An Enchodus #4 by Science Photo Library

Illustration Of An Enchodus #4 by Science Photo Library

Enchodus Fang

While prehistoric fish came in all shapes and sizes, Enchodus stands out from the crowd thanks to its serious bite. While this Cretaceous pe

Enchodus skull, toothy predator of the deep!

Enchodus ("spear tooth"), with 2 1/2" long upper teeth that come from the top of the fishes mouth (!), survived the end of the dinosaurs!  A

Enchodus - Wikipedia

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Kleptoparasitism. Pteranodon, Nyctosaurus, Enchodus

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Enchodus fossil fish fangs

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Enchodus fossil fish bones

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Enchodus libycus (Fish Tooth)

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Location: Khouribga, Morocco

Period: Mesozoic / Cretaceous / Late / Maastrichtian

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Quick reminder that Fossils for Sale UK is FUCKING AMAZING and that you should go buy all their fossils before I do.

I got all this for under £7, child me thought anything as old as a Megalodon would probably cost hundreds, but nah. The tooth from a Megs ancestral grandpa was £2.71 and all those Enchodus were £4 .29.

£4.29 is also the exact price for 20 chicken nuggets at McDonald's. Dudes, go buy some cool shit.