Saurodon leanus
(SOAR oh don)
Description: Ray-finned Fish
Specimen location: Niobrara Chalk of Northwestern Kansas
Name means: "lizard tooth"
Saurodon belongs to the same order as Xi phactinus and Gillicus. In its lower jaw, Saurodon had an unusual pointed bone known as a predentary, extending well beyond its upper jaw. These fish may have skimmed the surface of the water, eating whatever they found.
LACM 127978(3511)
Discoverer: Marion Bonner
Technical Support
© The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation, All Rights Reserved
900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 763-DIN0
Questions:
General Information:
info@nhm.org
webmaster@nhm.org