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 Taverne & Bronzi, 1999Taverne, L. and P. Bronzi. 1999. Les poissons cretaces de Nardò. 9°. Note complementaire sur le saurodontinae (Teleostei, Ichthyodectiformes): Saurodon elongatus, sp. nov. Studi e Ricerche sui Giacimenti Terziari di Bolca. VIII. Memor. Vol. Lorenso Sorbini, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona, pages 105-116. (Illustration of a nearly complete fish) 'Saurodon' intermedius Newton, 1878 Saurodon leanus Hays, 1830
Sources Fishes of the World by Joseph S. Nelson
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