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Pathological Cockerellites liops (Cope, 1877)
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By Mioplosus_Lover24
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
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
Provenance
Collector: Cooper Williams
Date Collected: 07/14/2021
Acquired by: Field Collection
Location
Instone Quarry
Kemmerer
Wyoming
United States
Comments
This is a Cockerellites I found last year and had prepped out. It came out in a pretty gnarly split and had to be glued back together and prepped. With slight restoration it turned out very well. Looking closely at the anal fin spines, you'll notice the pathology, this specimen has 4 instead of the usual 3. This is most likely a pathology of a Cockerellites liops instead of a new species.
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