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25.4" Fossil Stingray (Heliobatis) with Fish - Huge For Species
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This is an absolutely stunning fossil stingray (Heliobatis radians) from the Green River Formation in Wyoming. It's an enormous specimen, measuring 25.4" long! These rays are one of the more rare fossils from the Green River Formation. They are highly coveted by collectors for their beauty and specimens of this size seldom come onto the mark. Just check out the closeup photos to see the preserved detail.
The rock has been backed with a piece of 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.
This ray has been inlaid into this solid piece of limestone from the same quarry for display purposes. There are multiple repaired cracks through the fossil, requiring some gap fill and surface restoration. This restoration makes up approximately 2-3% of the specimen, with most of it located along the spine.
Heliobatis is an extinct genus of freshwater ray primarily known from the Green River Formation in Wyoming. The teeth are triangular and shaped for feeding on small fish, crustaceans, and mollusks.
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
Heliobatis radians & Diplomystus dentatus
LOCATION
Fossil Safari Quarry, Kemmerer, Wyoming
FORMATION
Green River Formation
SIZE
25.4" long (straight-line) on 33 x 22.5" rock
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#360539
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