Fossil Mini Fish (Knightia eocaena) | Eco-Friendly | Green River Formation

Natural Knightia eocaena from In Stone Fossils Private Quarry Receive ONE mini fish on description card. A must have for any collector big or small. Each fish is unique and may vary on size. (Multiple fish display picture to see variations) Each card measures 5 ⅜" x 3 ⅜" and includes an authentic natural Knightia eocaena fossil fish attached to the info card. Knightia is an extinct genus of clupeid bony fish that lived in the freshwater lakes and rivers of North America and Asia during the Eocene epoch. The genus was erected by David Starr Jordan in 1907, in honor of the late University of Wyoming professor Wilbur Clinton Knight, "an indefatigable student of the paleontology of the Rocky Mountains." It is the official state fossil of Wyoming, and the most commonly excavated fossil fish in the world. Knightia belongs to the same taxonomic family as herring and sardines, and resembled the former closely enough that both Knightia alta and Knightia eocaena were originally described as spec