Eodiaphyodus

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Elopiformes Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Elopiformes Genus: Eodiaphyodus

Eodiaphyodus is a genus of Elopiformes fish that is classified in the suborder Albuloidea. It is related to the modern Tarpon. This fish that in Morocco during the Late Cretaceous Period. It crushed its food with bony plates found in the back of its throat.

[edit] Classification

[edit] Species

• Eodiaphyodus granulosus

[edit] See also

• Coriops
• Flora and fauna of the Maastrichtian stage
• List of prehistoric bony fish (Osteichthyes)