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  • Mioplosus labracoides

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    Roby

    By Roby (edited)

    Taxonomy

    Mioplosus labracoides

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
    Order: Perciformes Stirton 1953
    Family: Percidae Cuvier 1816
    Genus: Mioplosus
    Species: Mioplosus labracoides
    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

    Warfield Quarry
    Wyoming
    United States

    Comments

    This Mio was pulled from the wall while collecting with a friend where all finds were split between the two of us.  In November I prepped it.  Added others from American Fossil in 2017 and 2018.

    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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    User Feedback


    oilshale

    Excellent prep work - would like to see more!

    Thanks for showing

    Thomas

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