Fish Fossil - Knightia Eoceana Goethite An absolutely remarkable show piece

An absolutely remarkable show piece that has a dramatic ability to catch light on two levels

see photo for small but visible crack in slab

Each specimen is expertly prepared

from the Cambrian age

a ghost or phantom of the crystal during its formation still remaining in the interior

Fish Fossil - Knightia Eoceana Goethite An absolutely remarkable show pieceDuring the Eocene, 40 50 million years ago, vast shoals of freshwater fish inhabited a large shallow inland sea across the American West. The herring like fish of the genus Knightia were far and away the most abundant freshwater fish during this era, and because of this they are one of the most frequently found vertebrate fossils on earth. Originating from the famed Green River Formation in Wyoming, fossils of Knightia eocaena and their close