19003 - Top Rare Stephanodus Partial Dentary Late Cretaceous Fish Beckwithia type Cambrian Aglaspid Thoral 1946 (trilobite)
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Description
Thoral 1946 (trilobite)
Meteorite type & CLASS / OFFICIAL NAME or NUMBER (Meteoritical Bulletin Database): ''NWA 14740'' Carbonaceous Chondrite C3 Ungrouped
Impressive association of 4 specimens
WEIGHT /SIZE: 16
Diogenites are named for Diogenes of Apollonia
19003 - Top Rare Stephanodus Partial Dentary Late Cretaceous Fish Beckwithia type Cambrian Aglaspid Thoral 1946 (trilobite)Rare species belonging to the Trigonodontoidae family. This type of specimens in the fossil record of the Upper Cretaceous phosphates of the Ouled Abdoun Basin are not common. Stephanodus sp, Zittel 1883 (ray finned fish) Osteichthyes Tetraodontiformes Trigonodontoidae Parent taxon: Trigonodontoidae according to G. R. Case and D. R. Schwimmer 1988 See also Kumar and Loyal 1987 Subtaxa: Stephanodus lybicus Ecology: nektonic carnivore Environments: