Cockerellites liops, restored specimen
Eocene (52.3 Million Years Ago)
Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA
In Stone Fossils Private Quarry
Plate: 8.75" x 8.5"
Fish: 5"
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)
