Английская Википедия:Enchodontidae

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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.[1][2][3][4]

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.[2]

Taxonomy

The following taxa are known:[2]

Several other genera, such as Leptecodon, Cimolichthys, Pantopholis, and Aspidopleurus have sometimes been classified in this family in other taxonomic treatments.[5]

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