Named By: | Hays in 1829 |
Time Period: | Cretaceous |
Location: | Italy. USA, Alabama - Mooreville Chalk Formation, North Carolina - Tar Heel Formation, Tennessee - Ripley Formation |
Size: | Large individuals up to 2.5 meters long |
Diet: | Carnivore/Piscivore |
Fossil(s): | Many individuals |
Classification: | | Chordata | Actinopterygii | Osteoglossomorpha | Ichthyodectiformes | Ichthyodectidae | |
Saurodon ("Lizard Tooth") is an extinct genus of Ichthyodectid fish from the Cretaceous.
Saurodon leanus is known to occur as early as the late Coniacian through the Santonian, in the Late Cretaceous. It was a large, predatory fish, with a length of more than 2.5 m.