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Ichthyodectes is an
extinct genus of
ichthyodectid ray-finned fish
which lived during the Late Cretaceous.
Fossils of the
species included have been found...
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marine stem-teleost ray-finned fish. The
order is
named after the
genus Ichthyodectes,
established by
Edward Drinker Cope in 1870.
Ichthyodectiforms are usually...
- the late
Albian to the
early Maastrichtian. Like its
larger relative,
Ichthyodectes ctenodon,
Gillicus had
numerous small teeth lining its jaws, and ate...
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Cladocynodon Eubiodectes Ichthyodectidae (sensu stricto)
Cooyoo Ghrisichthys Ichthyodectes Postredectes Xiphactinus Saurodontidae Gwawinapterus Prosaurodon Saurocephalus...
- Pachyrhizodus, Enchodus, Cimolichthys, Saurocephalus, Saurodon, Gillicus,
Ichthyodectes, Xiphactinus,
Protosphyraena and Martinichthys; and the
sharks Cretoxyrhina...
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Cladocynodon Eubiodectes Ichthyodectidae (sensu stricto)
Cooyoo Ghrisichthys Ichthyodectes Postredectes Xiphactinus Saurodontidae Gwawinapterus Prosaurodon Saurocephalus...
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ichthyodectiform fish was Xiphactinus,
which measured up to 6.1 m (20 ft) long.
Ichthyodectes reached 3 m (9.8 ft) long,
twice lesser than Xiphactinus. The largest...
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sister of Unamichthys, or more
recently a true
ichthyodectid related to
Ichthyodectes.
Cooyoo was a
dominant predator of the
Eromanga Sea. As with all other...
- Protosphyraena, as well as the
predatory fishes Pachyrhizodus, Xiphactinus,
Ichthyodectes, Gillicus, Leptecodon,
Enchodus and Cimolichthys, the
filter feeding...
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Eurypholis E. sp.
Articulated skeletons An
enchodontid aulopiform.
Ichthyodectes I. sp.
Articulated skull, rest of the
skeleton most
likely lost An ichthyodectid...
