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 62 mm by 33 mm on a 170 mm by 95 mm

Fossil Site: Ramlia Taouz, Morocco

Fossil Code: 13028

Price: Sold


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 discribed in Lebanon a decade ago. See my other listings for an example of this taxon from Lebanon as well as an example of the Moroccan fish in association with tow clupeids. I learned this year at the Tucson show that the location on the Morocco-Algeria border is a militarily sensitive location which had restricted access but now has been closed, making the specimens even harder to find.

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