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5.75" Cockerellites liops (formerly Priscacara liops) | 100% Natural | Green River Formation | Wyoming

Original price $295.00 - Original price $295.00
Original price
$295.00
$295.00 - $295.00
Current price $295.00
Cockerellites liops, 100% Natural
Eocene (51.98 Million Years Ago) 
Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA 
In Stone Fossils Private Quarry 

 

Plate approx. size: 9" x 8.5"
Fish approx. size: 5.75"

 

Order Perciformes

  • Family Moronidae - C. liops, P. serrata, H. hypsacantha, and undescribed Priscacara & Hypsiprisca species
C. liops specimens:
  • 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)