30097- Top Rare Clupea catopygoptera Fossil Fish - Eocene Monte Bolca Italy Asaphus punctatus Tetheodus pephredo
Baker’s notes & crumb story
Description
Tetheodus pephredo
Its length has been estimated between 9 and 12 m (30-40 ft)
Composed largely of spherical grain-like silicate chondrules
This is a small rarity coming from the Paleogene phosphate quarries of the sedimentarian basin of Oulad Abdoun (Morocco)
Etymology: In honour of the late Prof
30097- Top Rare Clupea catopygoptera Fossil Fish - Eocene Monte Bolca Italy Asaphus punctatus Tetheodus pephredoClupea catopygoptera, Woodward 1901 (hering) Osteichthyes Clupeiformes Clupeoidei