Enchodus petrosus

Enchodus petrosus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
EnchodusPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Enchodontidae
Life habit
nektonicPBDB, for Aulopiformes
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Aulopiformes

Time the record covers

At least 10 million years on record.

The record covers at least 93.9 Mya to 83.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 100.5 Mya to 72.2 Mya.

Early Cretaceous — about 0 of 28 occurrencesLate Cretaceous — about 28 of 28 occurrencesLate Cretaceous101–100 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences100–99 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences99–98 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences98–97 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences97–96 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences96–95 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences95–94 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences94–93 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences93–92 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences92–91 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences91–90 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences90–89 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences89–88 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences88–87 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences87–86 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences86–85 Mya — about 1 occurrence85–84 Mya — about 3 occurrences84–83 Mya — about 2 occurrences83–82 Mya — about 1 occurrence82–81 Mya — about 1 occurrence81–80 Mya — about 1 occurrence80–79 Mya — about 1 occurrence79–79 Mya — about 1 occurrence79–78 Mya — about 1 occurrence78–77 Mya — about 1 occurrence77–76 Mya — about 1 occurrence76–75 Mya — about 1 occurrence75–74 Mya — about 1 occurrence74–73 Mya — about 1 occurrence73–72 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences93.9 Mya83.6 Mya101.1 Mya71.6 Mya

28 occurrences of Enchodus petrosus on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

28 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

14 formations

Mooreville Chalk — 32.94°N, 88.06°WMooreville Chalk — 32.95°N, 88.08°WMooreville Chalk — 31.91°N, 87.87°WMooreville Chalk — 32.44°N, 87.24°WMooreville Chalk — 32.76°N, 88.02°WNiobrara — 43.41°N, 103.31°WNiobrara — 38.79°N, 100.76°WNiobrara — 38.80°N, 100.19°WCarlile Shale — 39.89°N, 98.03°WCarlile Shale — 39.78°N, 98.15°WTar Heel — 34.57°N, 78.50°WTar Heel — 34.61°N, 78.60°WDemopolis Chalk — 32.27°N, 87.50°WDemopolis Chalk — 32.67°N, 88.11°WBlufftown — 32.16°N, 85.03°WCusseta — 32.14°N, 84.95°WDonoho Creek — 34.06°N, 79.53°WEutaw — 33.52°N, 88.40°WNavesink — 40.38°N, 74.21°WTokio — 33.94°N, 93.85°WRybushka — 51.23°N, 45.10°EAtco — 32.53°N, 96.99°WDinosaur Park — 50.78°N, 111.36°W

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The named rock units Enchodus petrosus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 3 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Enchodus petrosus and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Enchodus petrosus and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

312 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 28 sites for Enchodus petrosus, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

20 references

Each of the 28 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 8 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Enchodus petrosus

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CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

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Specimen
Enchodus petrosus · tmp:2022.043.0041

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Cope 1874