Ichthyodectes

Taxobox
name = "Ichthyodectes"

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fossil_range = fossil range|100|65Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Pachycormiformes
familia = Ichthyodectidae
subfamilia = Ichthyodectinae
genus = "Ichthyodectes"
species = "I. ctenodon"
binomial = "Ichthyodectes ctenodon"

"Ichthyodectes ctenodon" ("Fish Biter (with) Comb Teeth") was a 4-meter long ichthyodectid. It lived in the Western Interior Seaway during the late Cretaceous. It was closely related to the 4 to 6 meter long "Xiphactinus audax", and the 2-meter long "Gillicus arcuatus", and like other ichthyodectids, "I. ctenodon" is presumed to have been a swift predator of smaller fish. As its species name suggests, "I. ctenodon" had small, uniformly sized teeth, as did its smaller relative, "G. arcuatus", and may have simply sucked suitably sized prey into its mouth.