Enchodus jaw or something else?

[Hayley]

I found this hunting a creek in the Eutaw, Al area -  Late Cretaceous. Could this be Enchodus or something else entirely? 

[PrehistoricWonders]

Looks like an enchodus jaw, but I’m no expert, so I can’t be certain.

[Mark Kmiecik]

I'm no expert, but I say that the chance of it being Enchodus jaw or something else entirely is 100%.  But seriously, it may be. I wonder why it is taking others so long to chime in on this ID. Calling all fish-people! The irregularity of size, shape and spacing points in that direction, but I'll defer to the experts.

[Hayley]

40 minutes ago, Mark Kmiecik said:

I'm no expert, but I say that the chance of it being Enchodus jaw or something else entirely is 100%.  But seriously, it may be. I wonder why it is taking others so long to chime in on this ID. Calling all fish-people! The irregularity of size, shape and spacing points in that direction, but I'll defer to the experts.

I appreciate you getting back to me on this. It has certainly perplexed me. From what I’ve seen of enchodus it seems a likely candidate but.. 

[Earendil]

Hate to bump this one but I really was curious about it. Anyone?

[Hayley]

Anything?

[Ludwigia]

@Al Dente ?

[val horn]

Not an expert, but it looks like enchodus, it does not look like croc or mosasaur to me.  Can you pick off a little more of the matrix around the teeth.  The jaw bone looks similar enough to the moraccan fossil that I have, and the teeth to some of the broken/beaten maryland ones

[sixgill pete]

I would say enchodus, however I am not 100% sure on this. It is similar to one I found here in N. C.

[Al Dente]

I think it is Enchodus. This page shows some images of Enchodus jaws-http://oceansofkansas.com/enchodus.html

[pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon]

I can confirm it's fish, rather than reptile. But this being the case, I wouldn't be able to stick an ID to it, as reptiles is where my interest lies. Consensus seems to be that this is Enchodus, and the general triangular shape of the bone, with a large fang towards the front, seems to correspond well with this suggestion and with this being a mandible. So I'm willing to go along with it (pictures from Oceans of Kansas).

 

Edited April 2, 2021 by pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon