Eodiaphyodus
Eodiaphyodus is an extinct genus of marine phyllodont ray-finned fish known from Late Cretaceous sediments across Africa. As with other members of its family, it is primarily known by its fossilized tooth plates, which were likely found in the back of its throat and used to crush its food.
The following species are known:
- ?E. granulosus Arambourg, 1952 - Maastrichtian & potentially Paleocene of Morocco and potentially Nigeria E. lerichei Casier en Dartvelle & Casier, 1949 - Campanian to Maastrichtian of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola
The oldest known specimens of Eodiaphyodus were found in Campanian rocks in Angola and Nigeria, and it is believed that the genus originated in this part of Africa before dispersing northwards to reach northwestern Africa by the Maastrichtian.