Fossil Fish
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US High Plains and Rocky Mountains (ID, MT, ND, SD, WY, CO)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: Cenozoic - Paleogene - Eocene
label: Notes
content: The fossil embedded in the rock is a fish. Fossil fish are usually preserved by being buried in mud and silt after their death. The remains are covered by sediment over time, and the sediment hardens into rock. The rock measures about 12 cm x 23 cm and the fossil fish measures about 4cm x 13 cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Jan 2024
label: Stratigraphy
content: Green River
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Green River, North America, United States, Wyoming
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Vertebrata
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO404443
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata