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Eocene fossil fish Knightia F2 Green River Formation

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Sold Date: 08/02/2009
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Natural History

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EOCENE FOSSIL

GREEN RIVER FORMATION

three big, one tiny

KNIGHTIA

8" x 8" Bottom rock, oil shale

Collected at our Fossil Lake; Green River Formation; F2 Quarry near

Kemmerer, Wyoming This is a nice specimen. The fish from this formation are from the Eocene period, estimated to be 45-60 million years old. Every fossil we sell is professionally collected, carefully cleaned, properly prepared and all of our plates are tested for stability. Shipping in the USA $9.85 , NO RESERVE A Little About The Green River Formation: About Fifty Million years ago the Southwestern corner of what is now Wyoming was part of a system of three fresh water lakes that covered that area plus adjacent parts of Colorado and Utah. Lakes developed in inter mountain basins that were created as a result of the geological events that formed the Rocky Mountains. Lake Gosiute, Lake Uinta, and Fossil Lake are the three lakes which make up the Green River Formation. The waters of the lakes teemed with many types of fish. Relatives of the perch, herring, and stingray swam in the warm lake water. Occasionally, large-scale mortalities of the fish occurred. As the fish died, they sank to the bottom of the lake, and were then preserved in the lake sediment. Today, the lakes are gone and w once t were lush tropical forests, t is now a semi-desert covered with sagebrush and greasewood. The fossil fish from the Green River Formation have a history of discovery stretching back to 1856. Fossil fish from the Green River Formation have become world famous and may be found on sales counters, in museums, and on living room walls all over the world. THANKS FOR LOOKING!! The pictures of this fossil does not do it justice. This is a super looking fossil.