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1.6" Pycnodus Crushing Mouthplate - Cretaceous Fish
This is a 1.6" wide mouth plate from the Pycnodontiform fish Pycnodus. Pycnodus had a superficial resemblance to angelfish and had a mouthful of knobby teeth that it used to crush it's food. There is a repaired crack running through the rock and the fossil.
This fossil was collected in the phosphate deposits in the Oulad Abdoun Basin of Morocco. Phosphate is the largest export of Morocco so the mining of it is big business. These fossils are found as a by product of the mining operations and save from the rock crushers by the locals.
This fossil was collected in the phosphate deposits in the Oulad Abdoun Basin of Morocco. Phosphate is the largest export of Morocco so the mining of it is big business. These fossils are found as a by product of the mining operations and save from the rock crushers by the locals.
SPECIES
Pycnodus sp.
AGE
LOCATION
Oulad Abdoun Basin, Morocco
FORMATION
Phosphate Deposits
SIZE
1.6" wide, Matrix 2.2"x 1.8"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#91309
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