19005 - Top Rare Stephanodus Partial Dentary Late Cretaceous Fish Cyphaspis ("Devil Horned") 32143823871411 L13 - Finest Flying
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32143823871411 L13 - Finest Flying Prepared 2
Sometimes specimens will also have 'frothing' on the trailing side where the crust has literally bubbled
upper Couche III
99 143821801954 K20 - Nicely Preserved 1
This is 1 of 189 approved meteorites (plus 1 unapproved name) classified as Martian (shergottite)
19005 - Top Rare Stephanodus Partial Dentary Late Cretaceous Fish Cyphaspis ("Devil Horned") 32143823871411 L13 - Finest FlyingRare species belonging to the Trigonodontoidae family. This type of specimens in the fossil record of the Upper Cretaceous phosphates of the Ouled Abdoun Basin are not common. Stephanodus sp, Zittel 1883 (ray finned fish) Osteichthyes Tetraodontiformes Trigonodontoidae Parent taxon: Trigonodontoidae according to G. R. Case and D. R. Schwimmer 1988 See also Kumar and Loyal 1987 Subtaxa: Stephanodus lybicus Ecology: nektonic carnivore Environments: