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Cockerellites liops
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By Roby (edited)
Taxonomy
Cockerellites liops
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Perciformes Stirton 1953
Family: Moronidae
Genus: Cockerellites
Species: Cockerellites liops
Author Citation (Cope) 1877
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
Stratigraphy
Green River Formation
Split Layer
Provenance
Acquired by: Field Collection
Location
American Fossil Quarry
Wyoming
United States
Comments
This fish came out of the upper layer, "money layer", at American fossil. They no longer allow pulling rock off the wall here.
Changed genus from Priscacara:
Lit.
John A. Whitlock, 2010. Phylogenetic relationships of the Eocene percomorph fishes Priscacara and Mioplosus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(4):1037–1048, July 2010 by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Lance Grande, 2013. The Lost World of Fossil Lake: Snapshots from Deep Time. Edition: 1 Publisher: University of Chicago Press. ISBN: 13: 978-0-226-92296-6.
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