Fossil Fish in Limestone Matrix
Genus: Knightia, Species: eocaena
Formation: Green River Formation, Thompson Quarry, Lincoln County, Wyoming
Age: Eocene Epoch, Cenozoic Period, 50 million years ago
Matrix Size: 4 1/2” by 5”, Fish Length: 2.5”, Weight: 1 lb
This is an extinct fresh-water ancestor of the modern herring. The fish has been sealed with a clear preservative but its color has not been enhanced. A small stone is cemented to the back to make this piece free-standing.
If you wish to see the fossil fish bearing layers of strata in their native environment, check out Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming. Or, if you want to go and dig your own fossil fish, check out Fossil Safari, Kemmerer, Wyoming. I dug fish at this quarry for 12 years, had great success and hope to go back there soon.
Genus: Knightia, Species: eocaena
Formation: Green River Formation, Thompson Quarry, Lincoln County, Wyoming
Age: Eocene Epoch, Cenozoic Period, 50 million years ago
Matrix Size: 4 1/2” by 5”, Fish Length: 2.5”, Weight: 1 lb
This is an extinct fresh-water ancestor of the modern herring. The fish has been sealed with a clear preservative but its color has not been enhanced. A small stone is cemented to the back to make this piece free-standing.
If you wish to see the fossil fish bearing layers of strata in their native environment, check out Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming. Or, if you want to go and dig your own fossil fish, check out Fossil Safari, Kemmerer, Wyoming. I dug fish at this quarry for 12 years, had great success and hope to go back there soon.
Genus: Knightia, Species: eocaena
Formation: Green River Formation, Thompson Quarry, Lincoln County, Wyoming
Age: Eocene Epoch, Cenozoic Period, 50 million years ago
Matrix Size: 4 1/2” by 5”, Fish Length: 2.5”, Weight: 1 lb
This is an extinct fresh-water ancestor of the modern herring. The fish has been sealed with a clear preservative but its color has not been enhanced. A small stone is cemented to the back to make this piece free-standing.
If you wish to see the fossil fish bearing layers of strata in their native environment, check out Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming. Or, if you want to go and dig your own fossil fish, check out Fossil Safari, Kemmerer, Wyoming. I dug fish at this quarry for 12 years, had great success and hope to go back there soon.