TELEOSTEAN FISHES FROM THE FALUNS OF TOURAINE (osseous fishes)
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Description Genus Species Family Origin
1 lower pharyngeals of wrasse Labrodon pavimentatum Labridae region of Savigné
2 upper pharyngeals of wrasse Labrodon pavimentatum Labridae region of Savigné

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The pharyngeal is the bone which wears the jaw. This last one is constituted by the juxtaposition of small teeth in a plane. Under the jaw, several piles of teeth are knitted within the pharyngian bone. At the bottom of the photo, pharyngeals are seen towards the jaw and the crown of teeth. In the top of the photo, pharyngeals are seen towards the bone and the root of the unused teeth.