Saurodon

Saurodon (from Greek: σαῦρος saûros, 'lizard' and Greek: ὀδούς odoús 'tooth')[1] is an extinct genus of ichthyodectiform fish from the Cretaceous.

Saurodon
Temporal range: Cretaceous
Reconstructed S. leanus skeleton, Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, Woodland Park, Colorado
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Ichthyodectiformes
Family: †Saurodontidae
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.[2]

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 [3]
  • Saurodon leanus Hays, 1830

Sources

References
  1. Roberts, George (1839). An etymological and explanatory dictionary of the terms and language of geology. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. p. 153. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. "SAUROCEPHALUS, SAURODON AND PROSAURODON". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
  3. 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)
  • Media related to Saurodon at Wikimedia Commons


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