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Cretaceous Fish

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Here's is a fossil that I brought home from Morocco in my luggage. This is, I believe, a right palatine tooth from Enchodus libycus Quass, 1902, from the Late Cretaceous phosphate of Morocco.

No composite, no repairs to this one. This specimen has been languishing here with just the original, "local" preparation. (I cleaned it up a bit before photographing it today.)

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TEETH & JAWS

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These fish (they're not herrings, BTW) had an awe-inspiring mouthful of teeth! Many specimens to be found as fossils are shed teeth. The specimen in my image is a palatine tooth with the palatine bone which supported it.

For images and line-drawings of Enchodus, check this web-site: http://www.oceansofkansas.com/enchodus.html

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