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Saw these at a fossil shop, and as far as I can figure they look like fish bones with some shark teeth and mosasaur teeth here and there. They’re from Morocco I think. Any thoughts?

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The first picture are Enchodus jaw sections
The tooth in the second picture is from Squalicorax, but I don't know the species of the jaw
The tooth & verts in the 3th picture are from Otodus obliquus I think (could also be Cretalamna from the late cretaceous)

The last picture are fish verts, but I am not sure if they can be ID down to a species or genus.

All fossils are from the phospate beds in Khouribga in Morocco.
The Enchodus jaw & Otodus tooth and verts are from the Paleocene
The Squalicorax tooth is from the late Cretaceous

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Not very knowledgeable on these types of fossils, but I have seen a fair few I will help as much as I can for the moment they are from the ouled abdoun basin (aka phosphate mines).

 

First is part of an enchodus jaw.

Second not sure on the jaw but the shark tooth is commonly called crow shark, Squalicorax pristodontus

Third is Otodus obliquus Tooth and vertebrae with another fish vertebrae

and fourth is part of a string of fish vertebrae couldn't tell you from what however 

 

Reading @ziggycardon post I think he might be closer with the ID of cretalamna acording to wikipedia from Morocco they are normally Eocene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretolamna

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The shark tooth in the third picture is not Otodus obliquus. It is Cretolamna (marocanna) biaruiculata. 

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As a fish guy, I'm a-likin' the first two pieces!

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