Wyoming, USA
Dimensions
Plaque/Plate
3.2"/8cm height
4.2"/10.5cm wide
15mm/1.5cm thick
Knightia sp.
3.2"/8cm long
Weight
226g
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Fossil Fish Image 2 - NA0586 [a] |
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Fossil Fish Image 3 - NA0586 [b] |
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Description
Fantastic Mini-Fossil Fish Plaque/Plate; Excellent specimen for collectors and Children alike.
Condition Report
Exceptional detail to the Bone tissue, and overall specimen, [complete specimen]. Exceptional detail to the head; excellent preservation to all the key characteristics and features, helping to distinguish this particular Genus of Knightia, relative of the less robust type of Eocene Fish, the Knightia eocaena.
Information
From one of the world's famous Laggerstatten, the Green River Formation in Wyoming. A small portion of the fish fossils from Green River exhibits such fine preservation. The significant extent of soft-tissue preservation that makes the site famous is evident in this specimen.
Genus
Knightia alta sp.
Location
Green River Formation, Fossil Lake, Kemmerer, Wyoming
Geological Age
Cenozoic Era Tertiary; Paleogene Sub-Periods, Early [Lower] Eocene Epoch, Ypresian Stage, around 48-55 million years ago
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