Saurodon
Saurodon ("lizard tooth") is an extinct genus of Ichthyodectid fish from the Cretaceous.
| Saurodon Temporal range: Cretaceous | |
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| Reconstructed S. leanus skeleton, Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, Woodland Park, Colorado | |
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| Order: | Ichthyodectiformes |
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| Genus: | Saurodon Hays, 1830 |
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.[1]
Species
S. leanus
Saurodon leanus left lateral view of 3D reconstruction in the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, Woodland Park, Colorado
- Saurodon elongatus Taverne & Bronzi, 1999 [2]
- Saurodon leanus Hays, 1830
Sources
- Fishes of the World by Joseph S. Nelson
References
- "SAUROCEPHALUS, SAURODON AND PROSAURODON". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
- 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)
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