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Name:
Common name:
Knightia eocaena → Clupeid bony fish
Synonym:
Knightia eocaena → Clupea alta, (Leidy, 1873)
Family / Genus / Species / Binom / Author:
Clupeidae → Knightia → eocaena → Knightia eocaena → Jordan, 1907
Location:
Age:
Tertiary [teo], Eocene / 50 million years
Size of the item:
Thickness: 8,8 cm
Height: 7,5 cm
Length: 12,6 cm
Size of the fossil:
Weight:
A beautiful fossilized fish from the deposits of former huge inland lakes near Kemmerer / Wyoming in the southwest of the USA. The known sites in the limestone of the Green River Formation provide a lot of fossils, but the possibilities for recovery are limited to a short period of time in summer due to freezing temperatures.
