Framed Green River fish double

Stunning Priscacara Fish

Diplomystus with great preservation

Double Species Fish Plate

Product description

Age:               Eocene (50m yrs old)
Fossil site:       Green River Formation, Fossil Lake, Wyoming, USA
Description:    A framed double of Diplomystus & Priscacara Fish on the same plate.

Diplomystus is distantly related to modern herrings and was a surface feeder, as shown by their upturned mouths and body shape.
They fed on smaller surface dwelling fish.

Priscacara, meaning `primitive head' was shaped rather like a sunfish and had sturdy dorsal fins, probably to protect it from being swallowed from behind by predators.
This is one of the rarer Green river fish.

50 million years ago a lake existed in what is now Wyoming, with a size of around 930 square miles. The unusual chemistry of the lake prevented decay and the scavenging of the dead organisms, while thin layers of alternating limestone and organic matter slowly accumulated.
The resulting limestone beds contain the highest concentration of fossilised fish in the world.
 
During the Eocene the region was sub tropical to temperate.
 
A superb piece of natural framed art for display in the home or office
 


Fossil fish:                   12cms long

Frame:                        47cms x 38cms

Weight:                       8 Kg