Description
- Enchodus libycus
- Late Cretaceous Age (70 Million Years)
- Khouribga Basin, Morocco
- North Africa
- Specimen measures 1.83″ long
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Enchodus fossil fish species were small to medium in size. One of the genus’ 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.
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 and seabirds such as Baptornis advenus.
Enchodus libycus. By Creator: Dmitry Bogdanov
