19000 - Top Rare Stephanodus Partial Dentary Late Cretaceous Fish Dalmanites limulurus Van Roy et al
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Van Roy et al
Ptychagnostus atavus
The right hemi jaw still have preserved 2 teeth
Small-sized theropod teeth morphometric study: Cretaceous KemKem Beds
Its quite rare find specimens preserved in its natural matrix
19000 - Top Rare Stephanodus Partial Dentary Late Cretaceous Fish Dalmanites limulurus Van Roy et alRare 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: