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Phareodus Green River Fish #1

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Phareodus Green River Fish

  • Phareodus sp.
  • Eocene Age
  • Green River Formation
  • Wyoming
  • This very nice fish measures 12.5″ long 6.2″ tall.  There is a mineral line in the tail and back fin.  The matrix measures 23.7 ” x 1.4″ x 15.6″
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Phareodus is a genus of freshwater fish from the Paleocene to the Eocene of Australia, Europe and North and South America.  This genus includes at least four species, P. testis (Leidy, 1873) and P. encaustus of North America, P. muelleri of Europe, and P. queenslandicus of Australia.

One of the most important fossil sites for understanding the Eocene is found at Green River, located in western Colorado, eastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming in the United States. During the Eocene, this region was located at much the same latitude it is today, though global climate was more equable. Therefore, the climate in which the organisms lived differs somewhat from that of the present-day western United States.

Phareodus Green River Fish

Green River Formation exposed in the cliffs at Fossil Butte, Photo By Magicpiano