Named By: | Louis Agazziz in 1835 |
Time Period: | Late Cretaceous-Eocene |
Location: | Worldwide |
Size: | 1.5 meters long, fangs can reach to over six centimetres long on the largest species, E. petrosus. Other species smaller, as much as just a few centimetres long |
Diet: | Carnivore/Piscivore |
Fossil(s): | Huge number of fossils. Usually the teeth are the most common fossils, but skulls and partial post cranial remains are also known |
Classification: | | Chordata | Actinopterygii | Neopterygii | Salmoniformes | Enchodontoidei | Enchodontidae | |
Also known as: | | Esox lewesiensis | Eurypholis longidens | Eurypholis major | Tetheodus | |
Enchodus is an extinct genus of Actinopterygii-ray-finned fish. It flourished during the Upper Cretaceous. Enchodus survived the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event and persisted at least into the Eocene.