Rare Cretaceous Fish Fossil from Closed Moroccan Location

Triplomystus sp

Class Actinopterygii, Order Ellemmichthyformes, Family Paraclupeidae

Geological Time: Late Cretaceous

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch) Fish fossil is 37 mm by 22 mm on a 175 mm by 155 mm matrix

Fossil Site: Ramlia Taouz, Morocco

Fossil Code: 13022

Price: $125.00


Triplomystus Fish FossilDescription: This fish is found in sublithographic limestone similar to that seen in Lebanon (where the Triplomystus genus also occurs), but comes from a new location in Morocco. Fish from this location have just become available in the past few years, and most may well be new to science. The fish is known as Triplomystus, a member of the Paraclupeidae fish described in Lebanon a decade ago.. See my other listings for an example of this taxon from Lebanon. I learned this year at the Tucson show that the location on the Moroccan-Algeria border is a militarily sensitive location which had restricted access but now has been closed, making the specimens even harder.

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