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8" Multiple Fossil Fish Plate (Diplomystus & Knightia) - Wyoming
This is an association of two different species of fossil fish from the Green River Formation. It was collected from Warfield quarry near Kemmerer, Wyoming. There is a 4.1" Diplomystus with a 3.4" Knightia behind its tail. They are nicely presented on a rectangularly cut, 8 x 7.2" slab of shale.
The specimen is accompanied by an acrylic display stand.
The specimen is accompanied by an acrylic display stand.
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
Diplomystus dentatus & Knightia eocaena
LOCATION
Fossil Safari Quarry, Kemmerer, Wyoming
FORMATION
Green River Formation
SIZE
Largest Fish: 4.6" long, Shale: 8 x 7.2"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#244189
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