Description
Two large fossil fish - Matrix plate - Knigthia alta
Eocene (50 million years) - Lewis Ranch, Lincoln County, Wyoming, USA
These complete fossil fish , without any restoration, measures 12.3 cm (up) and 14.3 cm (down) and is well centered on a rectangular plate 19.2x 20.6 cm.
Spectacular conservation of bones, skin and scales ... perfect.
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.
Lot details
- Specimen
- Two large fossil fish
- Object
- Matrix plate
- Scientific name
- Knigthia alta
- Origin
- Lewis Ranch, Lincoln County, Wyoming, USA
- Geological Period
- Eocene (50 million years)
- Condition
- Good condition
- Treatment
- Conserved
- Weight
- 810 g