A fossil of Priscacara clivosa, a species of the extinct genus of perch (Percidae family), which are characterized by their stout dorsal and anal spin
A fossil of Priscacara clivosa, a species of the extinct genus of perch (Percidae family), which are characterized by their stout dorsal and anal spines. Here seen in a slab of Eocene limestone (some 50 million years old) from the Green River formation in Wyoming, USA. Certain particular locations in this formation, notably the marls at Fossil Lake, provide a wide variety of exceptionally well-preserved fossils, such as this one
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Keywords: america, clivosa, eocene, fish, formation, fossil, green, lake, limestone, north, paleontology, percidae, priscacara, river, wyoming
