Amioidea Type C (Bowfin)

Amioidea Type C (Bowfin)
Upper Cretaceous
Cenomanian / Turonian
Akrabou Formation
Gara es Sbâa
Agoult
Morocco
Length 14cm / 5"

There seem to be three different Amioidea species in Gara es Sbâa. Only two of them are briefly discribed (but so far unnamed) by Murray and Wilson in their recent publication. This Amioidea was identified by M. Wilson as a possible new, third species

Lit.:
Alison M. MURRAY, Mark V. H. WILSON, Stacey GIBB and Brian D. E. CHATTERTON (2013): Additions to the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian/Turonian) actinopterygian fauna from the Agoult locality, Akrabou Formation, Morocco, and comments on the palaeoenvironment. Mesozoic Fishes 5 – Global Diversity and Evolution, G. Arratia, H.-P. Schultze & M. V. H. Wilson (eds.): pp. 525-548, 17 figs. (Link 07/2013)