Diplomystus - Fossil Fish
by Ben Prepelka
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Diplomystus - Fossil Fish
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Ben Prepelka
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Description
Discovered by Union Pacific Railroad workers during the late 1860s, Fossil Butte's ancient lake bed contains hundreds-of-thousands fossilized animals and plants. Enclosed in fine-grained lake sediments, these rare and delicate fossils are among some of the best preserved specimens in the world. Lying sandwiched in multicolored layers (strata) of rock, the Green River Formation holds the skeletal remains of fish, birds, turtles, bats, dog-sized horses and insects. Even crocodiles are found buried in Fossil Butte's rock matrices.
Pictured here is the Diplomystus (Fossil Fish) dating back to the Eocene Epoch about 50 MYA, a fossil found in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.
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January 30th, 2023
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