Fossil Pycnodont Crushing Mouth Plates - Morocco

This is a 6" wide association of two partial crushing mouth plates (prearticular) from a Pycnodont of the genus Anomoeodus sp. B. It was collected from the Upper Cretaceous (Early Turonian) age Akrabou Formation near Goulmima, Morocco. The larger plate measures 2.3" wide and the smaller is 2.25" wide. Pycnodontiformes had a superficial resemblance to angelfish and a mouthful of knobby teeth that it used to crush its food. The base of this specimen was cut flat for ease of display.