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Hello everyone, I recently came across some fossils posted on our favorite auction site described as Onychodont teeth from Yunnan, China. This immediately caught my eye and I decided to send in a very low offer, not expecting to even purchase or bid, just to see how much the seller might ask for a fossil like that. Surprisingly the offer was accepted, and after a few weeks this fossil arrived. It's a 3cm long tooth on a Limestone matrix with other fragmented remains from fish. I know that identifying Devonian fish teeth is something that is very difficult to do, so I am not expecting that it can be done with this specimen, but I wanted to know if there's any reason to believe it could've come from an Onychodont like the seller claimed. Additionally, I asked the seller where in Yunnan this was found and I was told it comes from Wuding County, I was wondering if by any chance anyone might know what formation this may have them come from, I looked it up and a number of fossils described from the Haikou Formation come up, although I couldn't find much more info on the formation itself to confirm if this could be the origin of the fossil. As always, thank you for reading and any assistance you may be able to offer.