Fossil Information (Phanerozoic Eon)
ID: | 83 |
Fossil Type: | Tooth |
Fossil Description: | Salmonoid (Salmon) fish |
Status: | Extinct |
Relative Size: | Medium |
Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
Class: | Actinopterygii (Klein, 1885) |
Superorder: | Protacanthopterygii |
Order: | Salmoniformes |
Family: | Salmonidae |
Subfamily: | Salmoninae |
Scientific Name (Genus species): | Enchodus petrosus (Cope) |
Era/Period: | Mesozoic/Cretaceous |
Epoch/Age: | Maastrichtian |
MYA: | 67 to 74 |
Discovery Location (Water, Land): | Big Brook |
Discovery Location (City, ST): | Marlboro/Colts Neck, NJ |
Discovery Location (County): | Monmouth |
Deepest Formation: | Mount Laurel / Winona undifferentiated |
Color: | Black |
Comments: | One of several fish teeth, could also be Enchodus gladiolus or Enchodus ferox (Leidy) |
Collector Name: | RLD |
Image Filename 1: | DSCF3827.jpg |
Image Filename 2: | DSCF3828.jpg |