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Mioplosus labracoides
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 1010 2281 (2010-10-26)Copyright © 2010 Ron Wolf
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date of photo Sep 6, 2010
location
Fossil Butte National Monument. Near Kemmerer (Lincoln County, Wyoming, US)family
Percidae
order
Perciformes
class Actinopterygii
notes Fossil Fish (Mioplosus labracoides) in the Green River Formation. These fish flourished during Eocene time, about 50 million years ago, in three vast freshwater lakes. They are preserved in laminated limestone precipicated from calcium-rich waters. The limestone is interbedded with many thin layers of volcanic ash and mudstone.keywords: geology, earth science, Eocene, Tertiary, Cenozoic, paleontology, Green River Formation, limestone
camera Canon 40D, 70mm, f/5.6, 1/4 sec.
photo category: Fossil - Vertebrate
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