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41" Green River Fossil Fish Mural with Mioplosus and Phareodus
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This is an absolutely gorgeous fossil fish "mural" from the Green River Formation of Wyoming. The entire mural measures 41 x 36.5" and features an 8.5" Mioplosus labracoides fish, two Phareodus (8.65" and 8.7" wide), and 11 smaller Knightia eocaena fish. The Mioplosus and Phareodus fish fossils have been inlaid into the rock.
The entire piece has been backed with wood for stability and includes wall hanging hardware for presentation matching the orientation of the specimen in the photos above. The plate weighs just under 75 lbs and will be shipped vertically in a crate on a pallet.
About Fossil Lake
50 million years ago, in the Eocene epoch, these fish thrived in Fossil Lake, which was fed by the Uinta and Rocky Mountain highlands. The anoxic conditions at the bottom of Fossil Lake slowed bacterial decomposition, prevented scavengers from disturbing corpses, and, most interestingly, suffocated creatures that ventured into the oxygen-starved aquatic layer. The result is a miraculous exhibition of Eocene biota: a subtropical aquatic community within sycamore forests, teeming with creatures such as freshwater stingrays, dog-sized horses, menacing alligators, early flying bats, and one of the first primates.
A view of one of the commercial quarries where fossils from the Green River Formation are collected.
50 million years ago, in the Eocene epoch, these fish thrived in Fossil Lake, which was fed by the Uinta and Rocky Mountain highlands. The anoxic conditions at the bottom of Fossil Lake slowed bacterial decomposition, prevented scavengers from disturbing corpses, and, most interestingly, suffocated creatures that ventured into the oxygen-starved aquatic layer. The result is a miraculous exhibition of Eocene biota: a subtropical aquatic community within sycamore forests, teeming with creatures such as freshwater stingrays, dog-sized horses, menacing alligators, early flying bats, and one of the first primates.
A view of one of the commercial quarries where fossils from the Green River Formation are collected.
SPECIES
Mioplosus labracoides, Phareodus sp. & Knightia eocaena
LOCATION
Kemmerer, Wyoming
FORMATION
Green River Formation
SIZE
Rock: 41 x 36.5", Mioplosus: 9.8" wide, Weight: 75 lbs
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#295672
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