04230 - Beautiful Well Preserved Rare Gar Fish Scale (Obaichthys africanus) From Kem Kem Basin Crinoids This rostral bone does not

This rostral bone does not have restorations or reparations

with a premium quality enamel

see also Martill and Unwin 2011

The colors of its enamel have very brilliant red and orangish hues

51 Inch = 13 mm

04230 - Beautiful Well Preserved Rare Gar Fish Scale (Obaichthys africanus) From Kem Kem Basin Crinoids This rostral bone does notThe abundant fish fauna which can be found in the Cretaceous layers of the Kem Kem Basin is large and varied. Recently Cavin et al., (2015) made an important revision of the Cretaceous association of continental fish in the south of Morocco. Link: "Taxonomic Composition and Trophic Structure of the Continental Bony Fish Assemblage from the Early Late Cretaceous of Southeastern Morocco" The scales of many of this teleost fish have a wonderful