Lot 893
Framed 50 Million Year Old Fossil Stingray. Stringrays (Heliobatis radians) are among the rarest and most beautiful of all the Green River, Wyoming fossil fish. These are stingray lived in the fresh water lakes of Green River Wyoming 50 million years ago after being cut off from the late cretaceous inland seas. Stingrays are quite rare in the fossil record because, just like sharks, they are mostly cartilage. This large 17.5 inch stingray is nearly complete from an old time collection and was collected and prepared by Black Hills minerals of South Dakota in the 1960's. The detail is exceptional with the tiny bones of the disc (wings), eyes, three stingers, and even the clasper (one inch long conical shaped organs pointing downward right above the tail) which identifies this stingray as a male being very clear. The tail is defined and present but missing the tiny vertebrae. There is also a 5 inch Diplomystus dentatus fish at the base of the tail of the stingray. This rare museum quality specimen has been backed with plywood and palced in a 18 x 21 x 2 inch wooden frame for hanging.
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Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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| Realized $1,495 |
