Dayvault Quarry Fossil Butte, Wyoming USA

trace fossil

Locality map for teleost trace fossil, specimen FOBU-12718, from Green River Formation (Lower Eocene) near Fossil Butte National Monument, Wyoming (USA).

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Plan view of teleost trace fossil FOBU-12718, interpreted as swimming and feeding trail of Notogoneous oscula Cope. Trace fossil was made by swimming and feeding motion of fish along the lake bottom, moving from left to right with its fins and mouth contacting the sediment.
 

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