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14.8" Fossil Male Stingray (Heliobatis) - Museum Quality Specimen
This is a museum quality, 14.8" long fossil stingray (Heliobatis radians) collected this past summer from our own Fossil Safari quarry on the Green River Formation in Wyoming. These rays are one of the more rare fossils from the Green River Formation and are highly coveted by collectors for their beauty. It is impeccably preserved and nicely centered on a thick 24 x 18.1" slab of rock. Just check out the closeup photos to see the preserved detail. It can be determined to be a male due to the presence of preserved claspers.
Unlike 90%+ of the stingrays available from the Green River Formation which are collected in multiple pieces and must be put back together this one has no repair, restoration or compositing. Flat out it is the best stingray that we have been able of offer and might be the best I have seen.
The shale has been backed with concrete board for stability and to make it easy to mount on a wall. Upon request, we can install a wall hanger on the back of the specimen. Otherwise it will be accompanied by a metal display stand.
Unlike 90%+ of the stingrays available from the Green River Formation which are collected in multiple pieces and must be put back together this one has no repair, restoration or compositing. Flat out it is the best stingray that we have been able of offer and might be the best I have seen.
The shale has been backed with concrete board for stability and to make it easy to mount on a wall. Upon request, we can install a wall hanger on the back of the specimen. Otherwise it will be accompanied by a metal 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.
$8,500
SPECIES
Heliobatis radians
LOCATION
Fossil Safari Quarry, Kemmerer, Wyoming
FORMATION
Green River Formation
SIZE
14.8" long on 24 x 18.1" rock
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#313917
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