DescriptionKnightia eocaena Green River Formation, Wyoming 2.jpg
Knightia eocaena (Jordan, 1907) (synonym Knightia humilis) - fossil fish in lacustrine marlstone from the early Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming, USA. (CMC VP5183, Cincinnati Museum of Natural History & Science, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
The Green River Formation of Utah-Colorado-Wyoming is famous for having vast oil shale deposits and for having exquisitely-preserved fossils. Fossil Butte National Monument in southwestern Wyoming preserves and displays some of these high-quality fossils. Leaves and fish are the most common large fossils in the Fossil Lake Basin of the Green River Fm.
This fossil is Knightia, a fossil herring and the most common fish in the Green River Formation.
Stratigraphy: Eighteen Inch Layer, Fossil Butte Member, Green River Formation, upper Wasatchian Stage (Wa4)/Ypresian Stage/Lostcabinian, Lower Eocene
Locality: Fossil Lake Basin, southwestern Wyoming, USA
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DescriptionKnightia eocaena Green River Formation, Wyoming 2.jpg
Knightia eocaena (Jordan, 1907) (synonym Knightia humilis) - fossil fish in lacustrine marlstone from the early Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming, USA. (CMC VP5183, Cincinnati Museum of Natural History & Science, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)
The Green River Formation of Utah-Colorado-Wyoming is famous for having vast oil shale deposits and for having exquisitely-preserved fossils. Fossil Butte National Monument in southwestern Wyoming preserves and displays some of these high-quality fossils. Leaves and fish are the most common large fossils in the Fossil Lake Basin of the Green River Fm.
This fossil is Knightia, a fossil herring and the most common fish in the Green River Formation.
Stratigraphy: Eighteen Inch Layer, Fossil Butte Member, Green River Formation, upper Wasatchian Stage (Wa4)/Ypresian Stage/Lostcabinian, Lower Eocene
Locality: Fossil Lake Basin, southwestern Wyoming, USA
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