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 G
