Natural History - Fossil Enchodus Jaw

CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 67-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.

15 3/4 in. (3.7 kg, 40 cm).

The fossilised remains of a Enchodus sp. ray-finned fish jaw, including a number of slender teeth; in an oblong matrix retaining its plaster field jacket.

Provenance

Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Footnotes

Enchodus is an extinct genus of aulopiform ray-finned fish related to lancetfish and lizardfish.

CONDITION

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LOT 1859