Saurodon

Saurodon
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Superorder: Osteoglossomorpha
Order: Ichthyodectiformes
Family: Ichthyodectidae
Genus: Saurodon
Hays, 1830

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.

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References

  1. ^ Taverne, L. and P. Bronzi. 1999. Les poissons cretaces de Nardò. 9°. Note complementaire sur le saurodontinae (Teleostei, Ichthyodectiformes): Saurodon elongatus, sp. nov. Studi e Ricerche sui Giacimenti Terziari di Bolca. VIII. Memor. Vol. Lorenso Sorbini, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona, pp. 105-116. (Illustration of a nearly complete fish)