Saurodon
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Saurodon (from Greek: σαῦρος saûros, 'lizard' and Greek: ὀδούς odoús 'tooth')[1] is an extinct genus of ichthyodectiform fish from the Cretaceous.
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Saurodon Temporal range: Cretaceous | |
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Reconstructed S. leanus skeleton, Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, Woodland Park, Colorado | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | †Ichthyodectiformes |
Family: | †Saurodontidae |
Genus: | †Saurodon Hays, 1830 |
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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]