Eurypholis

Eurypholis (meaning "broad scale") is a genus of prehistoric marine aulopiform fish known from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Campanian). It contains three species, known from Europe, the Middle East, and east Asia.^[1][2]

Eurypholis Temporal range: Late Cenomanian to Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
E. boissieri specimen, San Diego County Fair
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Aulopiformes
Family:	†Enchodontidae
Subfamily:	†Eurypholinae
Genus:	†Eurypholis Pictet, 1850
Type species
†Eurypholis boissieri Pictet, 1850
Species
†E. boissieri Pictet, 1850 †E. japonicus Uyeno & Minakawa, 1983 †E. pulchellus (Woodward, 1901)

The following species are known:^[1][2][3]

• †E. boissieri Pictet, 1850 (type species) - Cenomanian of Lebanon (Sannine Formation) (=E. sulcidens Pictet, 1850)
• †E. japonicus Uyeno & Minakawa, 1983 - Campanian of Shikoku, Japan (Izumi Group)^[4]
• †E. pulchellus (Woodward, 1901) - Cenomanian of England (English Chalk) (=Enchodus pulchellus Woodward, 1901)^[5][6]

E. boissieri, Natural History Museum, Grenoble

Potential indeterminate remains are known from the Cenomanian of Uzbekistan and the Maastrichtian of Greece, though a review of the Greek records has found no evidence of these remains belonging to Eurypholis.^[2][7]

Of these species, E. boissieri is known from many complete, articulated skeletons, E. pulchellus is known from fragmentary specimens, and E. japonicus is known from a single mandible (closely resembling that of pulchellus) with very large attached teeth.^[1][4][5]