Enchodus ferox Leidy, 1855

Remarks

• Collector:      Dan Woehr
• Formation:    Eagle Ford (Arcadia Park)/Austin (Atco) Contact
• Location:       Travis County, TX

Remarks

• Collection:    Memphis Pink Palace Museum (Lynn Harrell, Jr.)
• Formation:    Ripley Formation, Coon Creek Tongue
• Location:       Decatur County, TN

Remarks

• Collector:      Dan Woehr
• Formation:    Arcadia Park/Atco Contact
• Location:       Ellis County, TX

Remarks

• Collector:    Tony Fabian
• Formation:  Monmouth Group, Navesink Formation
• Location:     Monmouth County, New Jersey

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature-not inclusive)

• 1834 Sphyraena sp.Morton
• 1855 Enchodus ferox Leidy
• 1860 Enchodus ferox Leidy; Emmons
• 1869 Enchodus pressidens Cope
• 1875 Enchodus ferox Leidy; Cope
• 1903 Enchodus ferox Leidy; Hay
• 1908 Enchodus ferox Leidy; Hussakof
• 1911 Enchodus ferox Leidy; Fowler
• 1967 Enchodus ferox Leidy; Case
• 1991 Enchodus ferox Leidy; Case

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Rancocas Group, Manasquan Formation (Tertiary, Early Eocene) of New Jersey
• Rancocas Group, Vincentown Formation (Tertiary, Late Paleocene) of New Jersey
• Monmouth Group, Navesink Formation of New Jersey
• Monmouth Group, Navesink Formation of Delaware
• Matawan Group, Wenonah Formation of New Jersey
• Matawan Group, Woodbury Formation of New Jersey
• Ripley Formation, Coon Creek Tongue of Tennessee

Age

• The genus Enchodus ranges down into at least the early Middle Turonian Stage.  Enchodus ferox Leidy appears to range from about early Campanian time into the early Eocene, if the reports from the Tertiary are accurate.

Geographic Occurrence (not an all-inclusive list)

• Burlington County, NJ
• Camden County, NJ
• Decatur County, TN
• Monmouth County, NJ
• New Castle County, DE

Remarks

  For identification and descriptions, see:

• Case, G. R.  1967.  Fossil Shark and Fish Remains of North America.  New York:  Grafco Press.
• Leidy, J.  1855.  Indications of Twelve Species of Fossil Fishes.  Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7(10), 395–397.