Asineops squamifrons

Asineops squamifrons Cope 1869

    Eocene

    Ypresian

    Lake Gosiute

    Laney Shale Member

    Rock Springs

    Wyoming

    Length 11cm / 4"

    Asineops squamifrons was first described by Cope as having an affinity to the pirat perch family. Later, with more detailed study, this species was found to lack the diagnostic characters of that family. Thus it is not yet clearly assignable to order. Although this species is much rarer in the Fossil Lake sediments than in Lake Gosiute deposits, the specimens from Fossil Lake are much larger than those from Lake Gosiute.