Older Than the Himalayas: Unboxing a Prehistoric Fish
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Older Than the Himalayas: Unboxing a Prehistoric Fish
Watch as this rock splits open to reveal a Knightia—an extinct, sardine-like herring that swam during the Eocene epoch in what is now the Green River Formation in Wyoming. This smartest smoll version of a fossil is so perfectly preserved that you can see every single bone and scale in pristine detail. To put its age into perspective, this ...
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Preparing through another fossil presents a real challenge—especially when the overlying specimen is a Knightia eocaena, one of the most common fish from the Green River Formation and the Wyoming state fossil. Beneath this Knightia lies a more complete and delicate specimen currently being uncovered. Interestingly, one of our mortality layers produces a higher number of stingrays than any other layer in our quarry—something that could make for a fascinating research paper one day. #FossilPrepara
Preparing through another fossil presents a real challenge—especially when the overlying specimen is a Knightia eocaena, one of the most common fish from the Green River Formation and the Wyoming state fossil. Beneath this Knightia lies a more complete and delicate specimen currently being uncovered. Interestingly, one of our mortality layers produces a higher number of stingrays than any other layer in our quarry—something that could make for a fascinating research paper one day. #FossilPrepara
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One crack of a hammer just erased ~50 million years of separation. This fish was swimming before the Himalayas even existed. That's a Knightia – an extinct herring-like fish from the Eocene Green River Formation in Wyoming.
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One crack of a hammer just erased ~50 million years of separation. This fish was swimming before the Himalayas even existed. That's a Knightia – an extinct herring-like fish from the Eocene Green River Formation in Wyoming.
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Customers from around the world love Knightia eocaena, one of the most abundant and iconic fossils on the planet 🌍🐟 Many of these particular specimens are heading to Europe, but we’ll have limited quantities available at the co-op in Tucson, Arizona, with a few select options on hand. Catch them while you can. | In Stone Fossils
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Customers from around the world love Knightia eocaena, one of the most abundant and iconic fossils on the planet 🌍🐟 Many of these particular specimens are heading to Europe, but we’ll have limited quantities available at the co-op in Tucson, Arizona, with a few select options on hand. Catch them while you can. | In Stone Fossils
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Customers from around the world love Knightia eocaena, one of the most abundant and iconic fossils on the planet 🌍🐟 Many of these particular specimens are heading to Europe, but we’ll have limited quantities available at the co-op in Tucson, Arizona, with a few select options on hand. Catch them while you can. | In Stone Fossils
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In this satisfying clip, a fossil preparator delivers a single, precise hammer blow to a limestone slab from Wyoming's Green River Formation, cleanly splitting it open to reveal a beautifully preserved Knightia fossil — an extinct herring-like fish that lived about 50 million years ago during the Eocene epoch. The perfectly intact specimen, complete with detailed scales and fins, emerges instantly from the rock, bridging a vast gap in time: the tiny fish was swimming in ancient subtropical lakes
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