Name: Enchodus petrosus

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Enchodus was a genus of predatory Actinopterygian fish that lived from the Late Cretaceous until the Eocene epoch, surviving the Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction. Its most notable characteristic were the two sets of large "fangs" on its upper and lower jaws. In the largest species, E. petrosus, these fangs could grow to 6cm long. These fangs, along with its large eyes lead palaeontologists to believe Enchodus was a predator. Despite E. petrosus growing up to 1.5m long, its remains are commonly found amongst the stomach contents of larger predators, such as mosasaurs, plesiosaurs and even the mesozoic bird Baptornis.