04233 - Beautiful Well Preserved Rare Gar Fish Scale (Obaichthys africanus) From Kem Kem Basin Abelisaurus crocodiles

crocodiles

it has not been possible to determine exactly its taxonomic position within the teleost fish

it was originally described as a distinct species

The presence of this species is rare in this Moroccan sites

Beautiful plaque containing the remains of many stems of this species of moroccan crinoid (Scyphocrinites)

04233 - Beautiful Well Preserved Rare Gar Fish Scale (Obaichthys africanus) From Kem Kem Basin Abelisaurus crocodilesThe abundant fish fauna which can be found in the Cretaceous layers of the Kem Kem Basin is large and varied. Recently Cavin et al., (2015) made an important revision of the Cretaceous association of continental fish in the south of Morocco. Link: "Taxonomic Composition and Trophic Structure of the Continental Bony Fish Assemblage from the Early Late Cretaceous of Southeastern Morocco" The scales of many of this teleost fish have a wonderful