04190 - Rare Unidentified 1.63 Inch Partial Body Fish With Scales From Kem Kem Basin KemKem_Beds_Fish_Assemblage It is the rostral bone

It is the rostral bone of the giant sawfish Onchopristis numidus

label their crocodile teeth as belonging to the huge crocodile of the Sarcosuchus sp genus --however

it is not present in this zone of Africa

Even the genus identification is very complicated if only dentition rests are available

04190 - Rare Unidentified 1.63 Inch Partial Body Fish With Scales From Kem Kem Basin KemKem_Beds_Fish_Assemblage It is the rostral boneWonderful rest of one of the fish species that reigned the Cretaceous ecosystems in North Africa. It is a vey rare piece which preserves multiple details that could be diagnostic for its proper classification. However, after having performed comparisons with the last available rests of published fish from this area, it has not been possible to determine exactly its taxonomic position within the teleost fish. Its scales are much more elongated than