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22" Beautiful Limestone with Five Fossil Fish - Wyoming
This is a beautiful, 22" wide slab of limestone with five detailed fossil fish preserved on it. It was collected at our Fossil Lake Safari quarry near Kemmerer, Wyoming this past summer. The piece comes from a specific bedding plane at the quarry that we refer to as the mud layer. It's a volcanic ash layer which contains a mass mortality of different fish.
The largest fish, with a slightly distorted head is an uncommon Mioplosus labracoides measuring 7.6" long. There are also two Knightia eocaena and two Diplomystus dentatus on the piece.
This specimen includes a display stand but we can add a backing and wall mounting hardware upon request.
The largest fish, with a slightly distorted head is an uncommon Mioplosus labracoides measuring 7.6" long. There are also two Knightia eocaena and two Diplomystus dentatus on the piece.
This specimen includes a display stand but we can add a backing and wall mounting hardware upon request.
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.
$795
SPECIES
Knightia eocaena, Diplomystus dentatus, & Mioplosus labracoides
LOCATION
Fossil Safari Quarry, Kemmerer, Wyoming
FORMATION
Green River Formation
SIZE
Largest fish 7.6", Rock 22 x 12"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#356771
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