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Unknown Coniacian teleost?


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These tiny teeth (?) have me stumped, as did a bit of the Cabezon fauna I am working on.  This site has been very helpful in identifying some of the rarer fossils, and I am asking for your help once again.  At first glance, I thought these four dots were fungal or some other type of current plant material, but examining them under a microscope I am pretty convinced these have enameloid structures.  Any idea of what they could be from?

I am assuming some form of teleost at this time.  Thanks for all of the help, past, present, and future!

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Maybe crusher teeth/pharyngeal teeth from a pycnodont fish? Something like Paleobalistum sp.

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I have recovered the pycnodonts Micropycnodon cf. M. kansasensis and Anomoedus cf. A barberi from this site.  I will have to look further to determine

if these are Paleobalistum sp.  Are you aware of any literature that describes this genus' teeth?  Thanks!

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