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Saurodon

Saurodon (from , 'lizard' and 'tooth') is an extinct genus of ichthyodectiform ray-finned fish from the Late Cretaceous.

Saurodon leanus is known to occur as early as the Santonian to the early Campanian. It was a large, predatory fish, with a length of more than . S. elongatus from the late Campanian or early Maastrichtian of Calcari di Melissano, Italy had length only around . Potentially the last record of Saurodon is from the late Maastrichtian of the Muwaqqar Chalk-Marl Formation of Jordan.

Species

  • Saurodon elongatus <small> Taverne & Bronzi, 1999</small>
  • <nowiki/>'Saurodon' intermedius <small> Newton, 1878</small>
  • Saurodon leanus <small> Hays, 1830 </small>

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