Ichthyodectidae
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Actinopterygii
- Order: Ichthyodectiformes
- Family: Ichthyodectidae
Overview
Ichthyodectidae Crook, 1892
Common Name: Fish-biters
Extant/Extinct
Key morphological features: These fish had irregular teeth of various sizes and readily preyed on other fish. Fish are among the most common fossils in the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway.
SIZE: +4 meters (13ft)
Paleoecology:
MOBILITY: Mobile (swim)
FEEDING MODE: Predator
HABITAT: epifaunal
Sources:
Everhart, M. J., 2005. Oceans of Kansas: A Natural History of the Western Interior Sea. Indiana University Press, Bloomington. 322 pp.
