Named By: | Leidy in 1857 |
Time Period: | 83.5-70.6 Ma Late Cretaceous[1] |
Location: | Canada & USA |
Size: | Around 1.5 to 2 meters long |
Diet: | Carnivore/Piscivore |
Fossil(s): | Many individuals, some almost complete |
Classification: | | Chordata | Teleostomi | Actinopterygii | Aulopiformes | Enchodontoidei | Enchodontidae | |
Cimolichthys is an extinct genus of 1.5- to 2.0-meter-long nektonic predatory aulopiformid fish.