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New Lepidotes from Morocco:
FOREY, LOPEZ-ARBARELLO, & MACLEOD

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A New Species of Lepidotes (Actinopterygii: Semiontiformes) from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Morocco

Peter L. Forey, Adriana López-Arbarello, and Norman MacLeod

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A species of semionotiform fish, Lepidotes pankowskii sp. nov. is described from the Cenomanian Kem Kem Beds of south-eastern Morocco, based on two three-dimensionally well-preserved partial heads. The new species is distinguished by the presence of suborbitals lying anterior to the orbit. It is most closely similar to other late Mesozoic tritoral species of Lepidotes.

Peter L. Forey. Research Associate, Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K.
Adriana López-Arbarello. Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10, D-80333 München, Germany.
Norman MacLeod. Department of Palaeontology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, U.K. 

KEY WORDS: new species; anatomy; actinopterygians; neopterygian

PE Article Number: 14.1.7A
Copyright: Palaeontological Association March 2011
Submission: 3 May 2010. Acceptance: 12 January 2011
 

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