Positive/Negative Pair of a Partial Fossil Fish Aspiration | Mioplosus labracoides | Wyoming Dinosaur Rancho La Brea has one

Rancho La Brea has one of the world’s largest collections of fossil birds

Late Silurian ~420 m

The climate was mild

Mosasaur tooth approx

the asphalt soaks into them

Positive/Negative Pair of a Partial Fossil Fish Aspiration | Mioplosus labracoides | Wyoming Dinosaur Rancho La Brea has oneMioplosus labracoides Eocene (51. 98 Million Years Ago) Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA In Stone Fossils Private Quarry Specimen approx. size: 4" Positive plate approx. size: 7. 5" x 6. 5" Negative plate approx. size: 7" x 9" Known as an aspiration, this fossil captures a partial Mioplosus that died trying to swallow its prey whole. The prey fish was too large for the Mioplosus to swallow, and it literally choked to death on it. The tail of the