0.8" Bony Fish Fossil Phacodus Punctatus Ray Finned Jaw Teeth In Matrix Morocco

Location: Khourigba Region, Morocco Weight: 2.6 Ounces Dimensions: 2.7 Inches Long, 2.6 Inches Wide, 0.8 Inches Thick (Matrix) Jaw Dimensions: 0.8 Inches Long, 0.6 Inches Wide Item pictured is the item you will relieve. This is a genuine fossil.  Upper Cretaceous 99-65 Million Years old Pycnodontiforms, are extinct fishes of the class Actinopterygii, containing the genus Pycnodus, were common in the Jurassic seas of 200 million to 146 million years ago. They were small to middle-sized fish, with laterally compressed bodies, and an almost circular outline. Pycnodontiform fishes lived mostly in shallow-water seas. They had special jaws with round and flattened teeth, well adapted to crush food items. Some species lived in rivers and possibly fed on mollusks and crustaceans. Found in rock formations in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America.