Juvenile Mioplosus labracoides | 100% Natural | Green River Formation | Wyoming
Original price
$89.00
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Original price
$89.00
Original price
$89.00
$89.00
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$89.00
Current price
$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
- 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