Multiple Fossil Fish (Mioplosus, Diplomystus & Knightia) - Wyoming

This stunning plate contains five detailed fossil fish (Mioplosus labracoides, Diplomystus dentatus, and Knightia eocaena), collected from the Green River Formation, at the Lindgren Quarry near Kemmerer, Wyoming. Each fish shows excellent preservation of bones and fin rays and are nicely centered on a rectangular-cut, 11.7 x 11.2" slab of shale.

Comes with an acrylic/metal display stand.

Measurements:
Mioplosus - 5.3" long
Diplomystus - 4" long
Knightia - 4.8", 4.35" & 3.45"

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.