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Knightia eocaena Mass Mortality

6 dark brown fish fossils on tan stones. The fish are strewn across the stone, some overlapping.

Knightia eocaena was a schooling freshwater herring. This specimen is from the sandwich beds where several mortality beds of adult fish are found. The fish are approximately 10 cm long. This fossil is in a private collection.

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Fossil Butte National Monument, Code: FOBU

Fossil Butte National Monument, Lincoln County, Wyoming
Latitude: 41.8563003540039, Longitude: -110.762001037598

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