Enchelyolepis

Enchelyolepis; Temporal range: Tithonian–Berriasian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Specimen of E. andrewsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Ginglymodi
Order:	†Semionotiformes
Family:	†Macrosemiidae
Genus:	†Enchelyolepis; Woodward, 1918
Type species
	†Macrosemius andrewsi; Woodward, 1895
Species
	†E. andrewsi (Woodward, 1895); †E. pectoralis (Sauvage, 1883);

Enchelyolepis (meaning "eel-like scale") is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish known from the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous of Europe.^[1]^[2] It was a member of the Macrosemiidae, a family of ginglymodians distantly related to modern gars, and contains two species that were both previously described as species of Macrosemius.^[3]

Quick Facts Scientific classification, Type species ...

The following species are known:^[4]

†E. andrewsi (Woodward, 1895) (type species) - Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) of England (middle Purbeck Group)^[5]
†E. pectoralis (Sauvage, 1883) - Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of France (Portland Group)^[6]

Morphological comparison of E. andrewsi (left) and E. pectoralis (right)

Both species were very small for their order, with E. andrewsi being only 35 millimetres (1.4 in) in length.^[4]

See also