Gasterosteus Hazen Fossil Fish from Nevada

Description: This stickleback pos./neg. specimen is as large and good as they get from this quarry. It has the trademark burnt orange color and excellent preservation of all body parts. Even the bones of the vertebrae are preserved. It will be shipped in an attractive glass covered 8 x 12’ Riker Mount for display and protection.

There are two different species of Pliocene fish found in the diatomaceous earth quarries surrounding Hazen and Fernley, Nevada. The other being Fundulus nevadensis. An interesting note concerning these fish species is that they are never found associated in the geological sequence of layers. Moreover, they are to the exception of an occasional bird feather or leaf (and a snake we donated to a museum in Utah), virtually the only fossils found at the quarries.