Gosiutichthys
parvus
Geological
Time: Eocene
Size (25.4mm=1
inch): plate size is 11 x 13 cm; specimens average 30-35 mm
Fossil Site:
Laney Shale Member of the Green River Formation, near LaBarge, Wyoming
Code: Farson4
Price: Sold
Description:
Gosiutichthys is a common genus in the Green River Formation, of
the family Clupeidae. It gets its name from Gosiute, a Middle Eocene
lake where it lived in large schools. It outcrops near the Fontenelle
Reservoir and near the Farson Dam. The shales and fossils are not
the typical Green River specimens most of us are familiar with.
They have a different type of preservation. This plate contains
28 partial to complete specimens. It’s about the most attractive
plate I will have to offer. The preservation is excellent, quite
aesthetic and displayable. These at one time were readily available
to collectors. However, since the closure of the collecting sites
they are becoming very hard to find. I was lucky to acquire a small
lot of them from an old collection that was liquidated.
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