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1.9" Fossil Fish Bone Section - Kem Kem Beds, Morocco
This is a 1.9" section of unidentified fossil fish from the Kem Kem Beds, Morocco. It appears to be a lower section of the right preopercula or dentary. These are the bones that forms a portion of the lower jaw or gill plate depending on species. There are a number of bony fish from this region so designating a species is all but impossible.
The Kem Kem Group is famous for yielding a diverse Late Cretaceous vertebrate assemblage, including fish, reptiles, and dinosaurs such as Spinosaurus. These fossils are found in a thin bed that outcrops around the edge of a large plateau near Taouz, Morocco. Local miners collect these fossils by digging narrow tunnels by hand into this plateau, following the layer.
A paper on this assemblage can be found at: Vertebrate assemblages from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Morocco: An overview
A paper on this assemblage can be found at: Vertebrate assemblages from the early Late Cretaceous of southeastern Morocco: An overview
SPECIES
Unidentified Fish
AGE
LOCATION
Kem Kem Basin, Morocco
FORMATION
Kem Kem Beds
SIZE
1.9"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#110314
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