Fish Fossil - Knightia Eoceana featured Species - Scyphocrinites elegans

Species - Scyphocrinites elegans

Beautifully preserved on slabs of flat shale

During the Eocene

and is one of the more common gems although pieces of exceptional hue and clarity are considered fairly rare and can be extremely valuable

silky and lustrous texture of these fibrous Malachite specimens combined with the incredibly rich color make them deservedly popular among collectors

Fish Fossil - Knightia Eoceana featured Species - Scyphocrinites elegansDuring 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