Lepidotes – Fossil Fish scale
MCN-FIS-883121
Cretaceous, 100 million years old
Tegama Formation, Kem Kem, Morocco
Lepidotes is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Jurrassic period and early Cretaceous. It inhabited both freshwater lakes and shallow seas. The body was covered with thick, enamelled scales.
6 x 2.7 cm – 15 g
