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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepisauriformes
Family: Dercetidae
Genus: Rhynchodercetis
Species: Rhynchodercetis cf. yovanovitchi
Author Citation ARAMBOURG, 1943
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Cretaceous
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Cenomanian / Turonian
"Continental intercalaire" Group
Akrabou Formation
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Gara es Sbâa
Tafraoute
Tiznit Province
Morocco
Looks somehow similar, but is not related to needlefish. Rhynchodercetis means "beaked throat whale"
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