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Friend of mine got this as a gift from someone who found it out in Wyoming. Any help on getting an ID, or starting to get one anyhow, would be greatly appreciated. it's fairly small. 

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It's a  Knightia eocaena from the Green River Formation. 

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Lance Grande. 1980. PALEONTOLOGY OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION WITH A REVIEW OF THE FISH FAUNA. THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WYOMING. BULLETIN 63.

 

excerpt from the above, referring to Knightia   pdf

 

Lance Grande. 1982. A Revision of the Fossil Genus Knightia, With a Description of a New Genus From the Green River Formation (Teleostei, Clupeidae). AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES. NO. 2731

 

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20 minutes ago, PRK said:

Actually looks more like Gossiutichthys. 

What is the size?

 

Doh!  :blush:

 

Good catch, Paul! :) 

I always forget about the Gosiutichthys parvus.   :blush:

I would say it does look more like that. 

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Gosiutichthys parvus Grande, 1982 = Knightia cf. alta Grande, 1980

 

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The googly eyes are a diagnostic trait of lineage, the Trilo-fishy clade. They are the ancestors of the extant clades of kitchen magnets.



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