1.9" Enchodus Bone Section - Cretaceous Fanged Fish

Enchodus Bone Section - Cretaceous Fanged Fish #111593

This is a 1.9" fish bone section (Enchodus) from Phosphate Deposits Khouribga, Morocco. This is likely the proximal end of the anal fin support of a medium to large sized fish. It remains in the rock in which it fossilized.

Comes with an acrylic stand.

Enchodus flourished during the Upper Cretaceous and was small to medium in size. One of the genus' most notable attributes are the large "fangs" at the front of the upper and lower jaws and on the palatine bones, leading to its misleading nickname "saber-toothed herring" among fossil hunters and paleoichthyologists. These fangs, along with a long sleek body and large eyes, suggest Enchodus was a predatory species.

Artist's reconstruction of Enchodus. By Dmitry Bogdanov, Creative Commons License