8.9" Fossil Fish (Diplomystus & Mioplosus) Plate - Wyoming

These are two detailed fossil fish (Diplomystus dentatus and Mioplosus labracoides) collected from the Green River Formation. They were collected from the Lindgren Quarry near Kemmerer, Wyoming. Both fish show excellent preservation of bones and fin rays and are nicely centered on a rectangular-cut, 8.9 x 8.2" slab of shale.

The Diplomystus is 5.3" long and the Mioplosus measures 5.1" long.

50 million years ago, in the Eocene, 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.
A view of one of the commercial quarries where fossils from the Green River Formation are collected.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Diplomystus dentatus & Mioplosus labracoides
LOCATION
Lindgren Quarry, Kemmerer, Wyoming
FORMATION
Green River Formation
SIZE
8.9 x 8.2" rock, 5.3" Diplomystus, 5.1" Mioplosus
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ITEM
#179259
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