• Knightia eocaena mass mortality

    Fossil Butte

    National Monument Wyoming

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Phareodus encaustus
NPS photo of Finney specimen
 
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Did You Know?

Diplomystus dentatus, NPS photo of Fossil Country Museum specimen

Railroad workers played a major role in the discovery of fossils from the Green River Formation.  In the late 1860's, Union Pacific workers uncovered the first major fossil fish beds (Lake Gosiute) near the town of Green River, Wyoming.