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  • Mioplosus labracoides


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    Taxonomy

    Mioplosus labracoides

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
    Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
    Order: Perciformes Stirton 1953
    Family: Percidae Cuvier 1816
    Genus: Mioplosus
    Species: Mioplosus labracoides

    Geological Time Scale

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

    Stratigraphy

    Green River Formation
    Fossil Lake Member

    Provenance

    Collector: Seth Sorensen
    Date Collected: 07/23/2015
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 16 "

    Location

    Wyoming
    United States

    Comments

    The Mioplosus is an extinct genus of Percid fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.  These fish were predators in Fossil Lake's large ecosystem. 




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    Nice Mio Seth!

    How big is it?

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    Just now, FossilDudeCO said:

    Nice Mio Seth!

    How big is it?

    Just over 13' long

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