4.5" Cockerellites liops (formerly Priscacara liops) | 100% Natural | Green River Formation | Wyoming
Original price
$300.00
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Original price
$300.00
Original price
$300.00
$300.00
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$300.00
Current price
$300.00
Cockerellites liops, 100% Natural
Eocene (51.98 Million Years Ago)
Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA
In Stone Fossils Private Quarry
Plate approx. size: 10.5" x 10" x 1"
Fish approx. size: 4.5"
This natural plate boasts a well-preserved Cockerellites and an impressive Phareodus scale.
Order Perciformes
- Family Moronidae - C. liops, P. serrata, H. hypsacantha, and undescribed Priscacara & Hypsiprisca species
- known found as isolated specimens and in mass mortalities, indicating that C. liops traveled in schools throughout its life
- known to reach a maximum size of 6 inches
- body shape is similar to members of the modern Centrarchidae family (the sunfish family)