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Mioplosus labracoides
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Taxonomy
Mioplosus labracoides
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata Haeckel 1874
Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
Order: Perciformes Stirton 1953
Family: Percidae Cuvier 1816
Genus: Mioplosus
Species: Mioplosus labracoides
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
Stratigraphy
Green River Formation
Fossil Lake Member
Provenance
Collector: Seth Sorensen
Date Collected: 07/23/2015
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 16 "
Location
Wyoming
United States
Comments
The Mioplosus is an extinct genus of Percid fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene. These fish were predators in Fossil Lake's large ecosystem.
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