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Viva la Muppetfish! 2 new species of Rhinconichthys unleashed. 

Bob Nicholls's excellent reconstruction of Rhinconichthys purgatoirensisSo, we've been working on a little public/private partnership project for the past 2 1/2 years here at the RMDRC. In 2013 while he was helping advise on our Megacephalosaurus eulerti skull restoration, Dr. Bruce Schumacher, a paleontologist from the US Forest Service, approached me with a fossil specimen he had collected from the Comanche National Grassland in Southeastern Colorado. From what he showed me, I could tell it [...]

Mioplosus labracoides fish head from the Green River Formation 

I purchased this fish fossil from a collector just because of it's size and preservation. The collector didn't know what the genus of fish it was but I did a little digging and I think it's a Mioplosus labracoides. The fossil was collected from the Green River formation near Kemmerer, Wyoming (Paleogene, Eocene epoch, Ypresian stage). I have not yet found any Mioplosus fossils myself so this filled a hole in the collection as well as being a cool looking

Completed Fossil Classification and Data Sheet 

Alright, I’ve finished my classification and data sheet for my fossils, so here it is: 1. Fossil fish, species unknown, possibly Knightia eoceana Age: Unknown Location: Green River Formation, Wyoming Length: 6 cm Description: Three fish and a fish head are in the rock. Rib cage clearly visible in one, unclear in others. All back vertebrae on all fish are