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Fossil Fish KNIGHTIA 50 Million Year Old 3 Plaques+Stands+ID Card Lot#147
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FOSSILS
Fish Plaque
50 Million Year Old
Knightia eocaena
Wyoming, USA
LOT#147
of 3 Plaques
Please, compare the size of plaques to attribution card 3" x 2 1/2" as pictured
These fossils come with stands and professional attribution card
printed on museum quality archival paper
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An interesting 50 Million Year Old fish fossils from the state of Wyoming, USA. This fossil comes with a stand and professional attribution card printed on museum quality archival paper. A great way to display your fossil collection! You are welcome to ask any questions prior buying or bidding. We can ship it anywhere within continental U.S. for a flat rate of 9.90$. It includes shipping, delivery confirmation and packaging material.
FISH FOSSIL
Knightia eocaena
Knightia is an extinct genus of clupeid clupeiform bony fish that lived in the fresh water lakes and rivers of North America during the Eocene epoch. The genus was erected by David Starr Jordan in 1907, in honor of the late University of Wyoming professor Wilbur Clinton Knight, "an indefatigable student of the paleontology of the Rocky Mountains." It is the state fossil of Wyoming, and the most commonly excavated fossil fish in the world.
Description
Knightia belongs to the same taxonomic family as herring and sardines, and resembled the former closely enough that both Knightia alta and Knightia eocaena were originally described as species of true herring in the genus Clupea.
Rows of dorsal and ventral scutes ran from the back of the head to the medial fins. They had heavy scales, and small conical teeth. Their size varied by species: Knightia eocaena was the longest, growing up to 25 centimeters (10 inches), though most specimens are no larger than 15 centimeters. Knightia alta was shorter and relatively wider, with specimens averaging between 6 and 10 centimeters.
Predators
A small schooling fish, Knightia made an abundant food source for larger Eocene predators. The Green River Formation has yielded many fossils of larger fish species preying on Knightia; specimens of Diplomystus, Lepisosteus, Amphiplaga, Mioplosus, Phareodus, Amia, and Astephus have all been found with Knightia in either their jaws or stomach.
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