13.6" Mioplosus Fossil Fish - Wall Hanger Installed

This is an excellent, 13.6" long example of Mioplosus labracoides from the Green River Formation of Wyoming. Very nice detail including fins, scales and bone structure with good preparation work. It was collected from the 18 inch layer of the formation which has darker preservation than the other layers. There is no restoration on the specimen and the rock has been backed with wood and a wall hanger installed.

Mioplosus is a genus of large extinct perciform fish that lived through the Eocene epoch. This genus is easily distinguished by an elongate fusiform body, double dorsal fins, and forked tail. Mioplosus was a solitary predator with large teeth: a few fossil specimens have been collected with other, smaller fish lodged in their throats. Most fossils of this genus are from the Tertiary-aged Green River Formation in Wyoming, though relatives of this genus are known to range throughout Asia and New Zealand. Mioplosus is also believed to be related to the modern pike-perch of the genus Sander (Stizostedion).
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Mioplosus labracoides
LOCATION
Kemmerer, Wyoming
FORMATION
Green River Formation
SIZE
13.6" long on 18x8" rock
CATEGORY
ITEM
#64191
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