Fossil Fish Mioplosus Aspiration choking on fish Green River Fm Wyoming COA 1532

Description

A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany this order.
Here is a a very violent-looking aspiration, from the world-famous fossil beds of Fossil Lake, Green River Formation, Wyoming. From the Eocene, about 52 million years ago.
It is a partial of a Mioplosus, biting off more than it can chew... Only the front of the Mioplosus is on the plate. The smaller fish appears to probably be a little Diiplomystus.  Part of its back tail is missing.  Please see photos for size and scale. The plate is about 4.5" by 3.4", and is pretty thin, weighing 3.1 oz.  This will hold up well if displayed and only handled occasionally and with care. There is a gastropod above the head of the Mioplosus.
Note the very cool teeth on the Mioplosus.
We are happy to enclose a COA (Certificate of Authenticity) upon request.  Some words of warning about COA’s: Do not let them become a substitute for learning about the fossils. We have been working with fossils for many years, and we have seen hundreds of very nice-looking COA’s, some that are flat-out wrong, mis-describing a specimen. In addition, the person selling the item is usually the one who writes the COA (potential conflict of interest). Finally, a COA without a photo of the exact item described, tied to the COA, is worthless, as it can later be placed next to any fish fossil.
We suggest that instead of relying on a COA, that people read and study the subject. Two top-quality books, both written by Lance Grande of the University of Chicago, are masterful sources of information on Green River Formation fossils. One is Paleontology of the Green River Formation, 1984. The other, The Lost World of Fossil Lake, written in 2013, is less detailed but loaded with excellent photos.  Learn and study about what you are buying, and soon you will find you will be able to easily identify the fish yourself.
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We will ship this only to the United States.  We are not responsible if the buyer reships it somewhere else, after receiving it from us. Our responsibility ends at the destination we ship it to.
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