3.25" Cockerellites liops Split Pair | Green River Formation | Wyoming
Original price
$75.00
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Original price
$75.00
Original price
$75.00
$75.00
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$75.00
Current price
$75.00
Cockerellites liops
Eocene (51.98 Million Years Ago)
Private Quarry, Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA
Obtained from the collection of Dr. William Rieger
Plate 1 approx. size: 7.75" x 5" x 0.5"
Plate 2 approx. size: 7.75" x 5" x 0.375"
Cockerellites approx. size: 3.25"
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)