Biology:Saurodon
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
| Saurodon Temporal range: Cretaceous
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| Reconstructed S. leanus skeleton, Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, Woodland Park, Colorado | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | †Ichthyodectiformes |
| Family: | †Saurodontidae |
| Genus: | †Saurodon Hays, 1830 |
Saurodon (from Greek: σαῦρος saûros, 'lizard' and Greek: ὀδούς odoús 'tooth')[1] is an extinct genus of ichthyodectiform 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 (8 ft 2 in).[2] S. elongatus from Calcari di Melissano had length only around 90 cm (35 in).[3]
Species
- Saurodon elongatus Taverne & Bronzi, 1999[4]
- 'Saurodon' intermedius Newton, 1878[5]
- Saurodon leanus Hays, 1830
Sources
- Fishes of the World by Joseph S. Nelson
References
- ↑ Roberts, George (1839) (in English). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 153. https://archive.org/details/anetymologicala00robegoog. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ↑ "SAUROCEPHALUS, SAURODON AND PROSAURODON". 3 April 2014. http://www.oceansofkansas.com/saurodon.html. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- ↑ "Volume 36, suppl. (2014) - Il mare nella Pietra". http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/thalassiasal/issue/view/1261.
- ↑ 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, pages 105-116. (Illustration of a nearly complete fish)
- ↑ Cavin, Lionel; Forey, Peter L.; Giersch, Samuel (2013-02-01). "Osteology of Eubiodectes libanicus (Pictet & Humbert, ) and some other ichthyodectiformes (Teleostei): phylogenetic implications". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11 (2): 115–177. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.691559. ISSN 1477-2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2012.691559.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7427566 entry
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