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  • Diplomystus dentatus Cope, 1877 (Diplo)

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    Roby

    By Roby

    Taxonomy

    Diplomystus dentatus

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
    Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
    Order: Ellimmichthyiformes Grande 1982
    Family: Ellimmichthyidae Grande 1982
    Genus: Diplomystus
    Species: Diplomystus dentatus
    Author Citation COPE, 1877

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Paleogene
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Eocene

    Stratigraphy

    Green River Formation
    Sandwich Beds (Split Layer)

    Provenance

    Collector: Roby
    Date Collected: 04/23/2020
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Location

    American Fossil and Warfield Quarry
    Wyoming
    United States

    Comments

    Fossils range from 1.5 to 7.5 inches.  Found in the last three years at American Fossil and Warfield quarries.

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    User Feedback


    caldigger

    I like this one just because it is not the usual standard prone position.

    It gives the sense of movement.

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    Roby

    I was thinking more like a wet noodle.

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