Large 6 Inch Knightia Eocaena

This is a large Knightia eocaena from the famous Green River Formation, not to be confused with the more common and smaller Knightia alta. The 50 million year old fish is wonderfully detailed and the coffee colored preservation contrasts very well with the large rectangular slab of shale it is displayed on.

It comes from the coveted 18 inch layer of the Green River Formation which produces darker and more detailed fish than the majority on the market. The rock from this layer is much harder and more durable. This layer is typically collected at night using low angle light to see the bump in the rock that the back bone create. They then cut these fish out and take them to a lab where the fish which maybe up to an inch under the surface of the rock are meticulously extracted under microscope with hand tools.

Like essentially ALL fish from the 18 inch layer, there is some minor restoration to repair small bits of scale that flaked off during prep and on some fin tips (which typically don't preserve well)

The 12x8 matrix can be cut down to a smaller size at the buyers request.