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I've got this rectangular rock, 6¼" by 4¼" (16 cm by 10¾ cm) and I have no idea what the fish on it can be. They appear to me to have settled separately on the bottom, not in a duel to the death fish fight. It might help to note the rock is about ½" (1¼ cm) thick. Oh, the larger, top fish is about 4¾" long and the shorter one underneath is 2¾" from head to tail. Note that the larger fish is not completely on the rock. I have no information about where this came from. It is from an estate and came to me with no identification or explanation. I tried to identify this myself but this type of fish is completely out of my league. Priscacara I can understand, trilobites I'm getting better at, but this I can't begin to get a handle on. Thank you everyone.

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Looks like two fish, both look like Diplomystus dentatus. 

Green River Formation. 
Probably from Wyoming.

 

The prominent scales on the hump before the dorsal fin, the deeply forked tail on the smaller fish, and the long, feathery anal fin (and pterygiophores on the larger one)

Lead me to this ID. ;) 

 

 

 

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5 minutes ago, Rockwood said:

I guess If you turn it that way up, but where is it's skull cap and eye socket that way ?

They are either disarticulated, or missing. Happens a lot with these guys. ;) 

Regards,

 

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1 minute ago, Fossildude19 said:

They are either disarticulated, or missing. Happens a lot with these guys. ;) 

Regards,

I know the feeling. :)

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Hi, me again! Thank you everyone! I was expecting this to take a week, or at least three or four days, but within less than an hour I had several answers! Not only that, they agreed! I'll keep watching this for additional replies but I've already got enough to get me by and I'm more than satisfied. Thank you again, everyone.

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