Fossil Table 02_Q110823007

Southwest Wyoming’s Green River Formation has preserved spectacular, detailed, and complete fish fossils from the Eocene Epoch of approximately 50 million years ago. Notogoneus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish. A small schooling fish, Knightia made an abundant food source for larger Eocene predators. This striking piece contains a 23″ Notogoneus osculus and a 6″ Knightia eocaena.