Ichthyodectes

Ichthyodectes Temporal range: Coniacian-Campanian ~89–70 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
2.Ichthyodectes ctenodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Ichthyodectiformes
Family:	†Ichthyodectidae
Subfamily:	†Ichthyodectinae
Genus:	†Ichthyodectes Cope, 1870
Species
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Ichthyodectes is an extinct genus of ichthyodectid fish which lived during the Late Cretaceous. Fossils of the species included have been found from Canada to Texas.

Description[]

Ichthyodectes ctenodon is a 4-metre long ichthyodectid. It lived in the Western Interior Seaway of North America during the late Cretaceous. It was closely related to the 4 to 6 metre long Xiphactinus audax, and the 2-metre long Gillicus arcuatus, and like other ichthyodectids, I. ctenodon is presumed to have been a swift predator of smaller fish. As its species name suggests, I. ctenodon had small, uniformly sized teeth, as did its smaller relative, G. arcuatus, and may have simply sucked suitably sized prey into its mouth.^{[citation needed]}

Species[]

Ichthyodectes anaides, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

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