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Juvenile Mioplosus labracoides | 100% Natural | Green River Formation | Wyoming

Juvenile Mioplosus labracoides | 100% Natural | Green River Formation | Wyoming

by In Stone Fossils
$89.00 - $89.00
$89.00
$89.00 - $89.00
$89.00
Juvenile Mioplosus labracoides, unrestored specimen
Eocene (51.98 Million Years Ago) 
Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA 
In Stone Fossils Private Quarry 
 
Plate size: 6" x 4"
Mioplosus approx: 3.5"

 

Order Perciformes

  • Family Latidae - M. labracoides
M. labracoides specimens:
  • are characterized by 2 dorsal fins and a forked tail
  • known to reach 20 inches
  • juveniles commonly found in mass mortalities and adults found alone, indicating M. labracoides traveled in schools as a juvenile and became solitary as an adult
  • juvenile and adult specimens often found preserved with smaller fish in the jaw or stomach