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FOSSIL FISH
There is an inch scale by each of these pictures that indicates the size.
I am going to have some help in identifying some of these fish. When I get the details I will post them in an update.
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Fish001 $9.00 each |
Small fossil fish - These beauties are called Dastilbe and come from Brazil. They date from the Lower Cretaceous period. Until recently Brazil did not allow the shipping of fossils out of the country, so these were extremely difficult to find. They are often called "broken neck" fish because most often their head hangs down after death. These are all about 1.5" x 2". $9.00 each |
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Fish002A & B $17.50 each |
 Wyoming Fossil Fish Pair - These
two matrix each contain two fossil fish that were excavated in Wyoming. The
name of this fish is Knightia and is from the Eocene Epoch. Fish002A is the
top one and Fish002B is the bottom one. Knightia was a Herring type fish. |
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Fish003 $150.00 |
This one is almost big enough to fillet. The matrix weighs over 10 pounds. It is a Mioplosus - Wyoming. Mioplosus labracoides is believed to have been a voracious predator among the Green River fish fossils. Failure to find its numbers in mass mortality leads to further conjecture that it was a solitary hunter. A member of the Family Percidae, it has numerous relatives in Northern Hemisphere fresh water as well as fossil relatives in Asia, Europe and New Zealand. It is known as a predatory species as determined from its many pointed teeth, and the fact that several have been found with fish lodged in its throat. It may be related to the modern-day pike of the genus Stezostedion. Distinguishing features include double dorsal fins and a fan-like tail. Mioplosus is uncommon in the Green River formation, especially the fish of this size and of this exceptional quality of preservation. |
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Fish004 $39.00 |
Rare Chinese Osteochitas Fossil Fish - Class: Ostelchthytes, Order: Cypcinformes, Species: Osteochitas. Eocene 50-60 million years old. Hupei, China |
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Fish005 $14.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming... |
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Fish006 $14.00 |
SOLD - Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish007 $20.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish008 $20.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish009 $20.00 |
Knightia (herring) - Eocene Age - Green River Formation, Wyoming |
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Fish010 $35.00 |
Knightia (herring) - Eocene Age - Green River Formation, Wyoming. This a fantastic museum quality piece in a very nice oval matrix. |
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Fish011 $85.00 |
This beauty is almost 8 inches long - Diplomystus - Wyoming - The largest herring genus in the ancient lake deposits is the Diplomystus. It can be distinguished from the Knightia by the presence and pattern of scale rows or scutes that lie along the midline of the back from the skull to the dorsal fin. The deep bodied form and elongnate anal fin are easily recognizable traits of this fish. In the late 1800’s, Professor E.D. Cope described three species of Diplomystus. The largest and most widely known is the Diplomystus dentatus. It was this species of fish that was chosen by the late President Eisenhower as a gift to the Emperor of Japan from the American people. The body form and upturned mouth indicate that the fish probably fed on smaller surface dwelling species such as Knightia and Priscacara. Several prime examples of Diplomystus’ diet have turned up in the stomachs of a few specimens |
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Fish012 $90.00 |
This matrix weighs almost 12 pounds. Mioplosus - Wyoming |
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Fish013 $30.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish014 $10.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish015 $10.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish016 $20.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish017 $12.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish018 $20.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish019 $15.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish020 $15.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish021 $35.00 |
SOLD - A very nice pair of kissing Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish022 $15.00 |
"X" marks the spot. Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish023A &B $20.00 each |
Each has a nice little school of two fish. Fish023A is the top one and Fish023B is the bottom one. Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish024 $20.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish025 $18.00 |
Diplomystus - Wyoming |
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Fish026 $20.00 |
Diplomystus - Wyoming |
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Fish027 $24.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish028 $25.00 |
 The back side of
this matrix is marked where another unexposed fish is. Don't ask me how they
know because I have no idea - Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish029 $9.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish030 $9.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish031 $9.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish032 $24.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish033 $18.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish034 $16.00 |
Knightia - Wyoming |
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Fish035 $7.50 |
Do it yourself - This is a matrix that has a nice fish that has not yet been fully exposed. This is the only one I have like this. By scratching the matrix to expose the entire fish, you can get a feel as to how labor intensive this is. |
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