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fish or primitive mosasaur


Haravex

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ok so I have in question a piece from my friend he identified as fish however i thought differently so hence forth i ask you fine people, with vastly greater knowledge than I have.

Bony fish head (Actinopterygians, ray finfish) Middle Cretaceous (between 125 and 86 Ma). Goulmima, Morocco Length

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Fish, without a doubt. 

Maybe Goulmimichthys  arambourgi ?

See this thread for some possible clues.  

Nice skull, btw.  :) 

 

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I also agree with fish. I have never seen a mosasaur jaw with a mandible that small compared to the maxilla, but most fish jaws are like that.

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Thank you for all the help again not for me but a friend in morocco who is thinking of buying it.

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