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.^[1] 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.^[2][3] It was likely an endemic of the southern Western Interior Seaway.^[4]

Enischnorhynchus Temporal range: Late Santonian/Early Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	†Tselfatiiformes
Family:	†Plethodidae
Genus:	†Enischnorhynchus Bardack, 1965
Species:	†E. dallasensis
Binomial name
†Enischnorhynchus dallasensis Bardack, 1965

See also

• Paleontology portal
• Fish portal

• Prehistoric fish
• List of prehistoric bony fish