Farson Fish - Gosiutichthys Death Assemblage

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


Gosiutichthys parvusDescription: 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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