Enischnorhynchus

Enischorhynchus (Greek for "slender snout") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Late Cretaceous. It contains a single species, E. dallasensis from the late Santonian or early Campanian-aged Austin Formation of southern Texas, USA. It was a member of the Plethodidae, a dominant family of nektonic fish during the mid-late Cretaceous. It shows close morphological similarities and may be related to Concavotectum and Bachea. It was likely an endemic of the southern Western Interior Seaway.

See also

Prehistoric fish List of prehistoric bony fish

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