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Lot 20

Stunning Garfish

10 – 11 August 2020, 10:00 PDT
Los Angeles

US$14,000 - US$18,000

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Stunning Garfish

Lepisosteus bemisi
Eocene
Green River Formation, Fossil Butte Member, Lincoln County, Wyoming

Boasting beautifully preserved fins and the fascinating ganoid (diamond-shaped) scales characteristic of the garfish, this marvelous specimen has been laboriously prepared and inlaid into an attractive limestone matrix backed with wood. Lepisosteus is a rare genus from the Green River Formation. Here is a covetable example. Matrix measuring 16 1/2 x 36in; Specimen measuring 28 ½in

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