Enchodus — Enchodus
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Fish

Enchodus

Sabre-toothed herring

Enchodus is the fanged Cretaceous–Paleocene fish whose long, slightly curved palatine teeth and jaw sections are among the commonest vertebrate fossils from the Moroccan phosphates, Kansas chalk and New Jersey greensands. Single fangs are cheap; jaws with the fang in place are attractive small display pieces. Moroccan jaws are sometimes mounted on carved matrix.

PhylumChordata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderAulopiformes
FamilyEnchodontidae
GroupFish
Rank (PBDB)genus· Paleobiology Database
Author(Agassiz 1835)· Paleobiology Database
Classification (PBDB)Chordata › Osteichthyes › Aulopiformes › Enchodontidae· Paleobiology Database
Range (PBDB)165–16 Ma· Paleobiology Database
PBDB occurrences317· Paleobiology Database

Elsewhere

Cite this article

Stratum Strata. "Enchodus" (Taxon). Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21. https://stratum.black/strata/taxa/enchodus. Accessed 2026-09-21.

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  title        = {Enchodus},
  author       = {{Stratum Strata}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/strata/taxa/enchodus}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Taxon article, Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21; sources: stratum, pbdb, wikidata, commons, nhm. Accessed 2026-09-21.}
}

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