FOSSIL ENCHODUS TEETH AND BONES - 70 million years old - Morocco
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Enchodus libycus
70 million years old
Ouled Abdoun, Morocco
Teeth, bones and vertebrae of the fish Enchodus from Phosphate Deposits, Khouribga, Morocco. A very impressive specimen.
Enchodus lived during the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) and was an efficient and formidable predator with very large teeth or ‘fangs’.
The specimen has been reinforced with a plaster jacket.
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Size: approx. 24 x 18 x 7 centimetres long
Weight: 3.18 kilograms