You will receive 1 Enchodus Saber Toothed Herring Front Saber Tooth per quantity ordered.
Most range in size from an inch to two inches. Some may be slightly larger or smaller.
Here are some fantastic Enchodus Teeth in great condition! These are not replicas and are authentic! Some glue may have been used to stabilize and seal any fractures. Some chips or small damage may exists, these are after all ancient!
During the Late Cretaceous, several species of fish in the genus Enchodus were common in the Western Interior Sea. They small to medium sized predators and their remains are commonly found as fossils. The characteristic that is most noticeable in all species of Enchodus is the presence of large "fangs" at the front of the upper and lower jaws. This fish has occasionally been referred to as the "Saber-Toothed Herring" because of the appearance of these unusually large, curved teeth but the genus is not related to modern Herrings. It is possible that the fish may used it's unique teeth to capture soft bodied animals like squid (Tusotuethids). This genus of fish survived the end of the Age of Dinosaurs (Mesozoic) by several million years and is well represented in the fossil record around the world. Enchodus was probably a very important part of the food chain in the oceans of the Cretaceous.
Photos above represent the approx quality and sizes you will receive. Order will be a random pull from available stock.
These come from Khouribga, Morocco and are from the Cretaceous Period, approx 70 million years ago!
Enchodus painting by Dmitry Bogdanov and shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. Photo has been resized and compressed.
