Enchodontidae
| Enchodontidae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Skull of Enchodus lewesiensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Suborder: | †Enchodontoidei |
| Family: | †Enchodontidae Woodward, 1901 |
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Enchodontidae is an extinct family of aulopiform fish known from the mid-late Cretaceous (Albian to Maastrichtian). It contains two subfamilies with several genera, including the famous Enchodus, with great morphological disparity among members of the group.
They were active and fast predatory aulopiforms that were important members of the Cretaceous marine food webs, with fossil remains known from the gut contents of diverse predators such as larger fish, cephalopods, and plesiosaurs.
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