3" Eodiaphyodus (Fish) Tooth Plate - Cretaceous

This is a tooth plate from a unusual Cretaceous fish Eodiaphyodus granulosus. It is related to the modern Tarpon and crushed its food with bony plates found in the back of its throat.

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 saved from the rock crushers by the locals.