Eodiaphyodus is a genus of Elopiform fish that is classified in the suborder Albuloidea. It is known from Late Cretaceous sediments across Africa,[1] and it crushed its food with bony plates found in the back of its throat. The type species is E. granulosus and it was named and described in 1952.[2]
| Eodiaphyodus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Tooth plate of E. granulosus from Morocco | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Elopiformes |
| Genus: | †Eodiaphyodus Arambourg, 1952 |
| Species: | †E. granulosus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eodiaphyodus granulosus Arambourg, 1952 | |
The oldest known specimens of Eodiaphyodus were found in Campanian rocks in Angola and Nigeria,[2] and it is believed that the genus originated in this part of Africa before dispersing northwards (via the Atlantic coast of West Africa or via the trans-Saharan seaway) to reach northwestern Africa by the Maastrichtian.[1]
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