Mar 16, 2024
Kleptoparasitism. Pteranodon, Nyctosaurus, Enchodus
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Kleptoparasitism. Pteranodon, Nyctosaurus, Enchodus
Today's marine reptile artwork features Platecarpus hunting Enchodus. It was commissioned by the The Children's Museum of Indianapolis in 2021.
Posting the whole page of all the requests and just ones I wanted to do in the Paleo Pines style! Probably going to make more cause this is really fun (Designs not to scale but Im sure you all know lol)
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
5pcs 35-46mm predatory Fish Enchodus Libycus Fossil Morocco
A fossilized fish tooth of an Enchodus petrosus from the Taylor Group in the South Sulphur River of Texas, United States. This commonly found extinct genus is sometimes called the "saber-toothed herring", though it is not actually related to true herring.
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 (Item #8149), Morocco Fossil Fish for sale. FossilEra your source to quality fossil specimens.
Illustration Of An Enchodus #4 by Science Photo Library
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 ("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
Month recap time!
This month's drawings:
- Johanna plays with some baby Scutosaurus
- Two male Enchodus try to woo a female, but scare the crap out of David
- Frida falls for a booby trap and is now the subject of interest of a Camptosaurus
- A baby Isisaurus thinks Twig is its parent